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Why I couldnot mount usb flash memory at slk10.1

Hi, happy new year to you all.

I install Slackware 10.1 and now try to access the usb flash memory stick. I had search the instructions about mount the usb. I create a subdirectory at /mnt:

mkdir /myusb

then gave a line at fstab:

/dev/sda1 /mnt/myusb vfat user,noauto,umask=000

I saved the file and reboot the PC.

I could not access anything at the usb when went to /mnt/myusb.

I try to get some information for you to help me sort out this problem.

If I try "lsmod", it displays:

Module size used by
usb-storage 62336 0 (unused)
usbcore 58860 0 [usb-storage]
ide-scsi 9392 0

If I try "ls sd*" at /dev, it display:

sda sda1 sda2 ... sda15
sdb sdb1 sdb2 ... sdb15
...
sdh sdh1 sdh2 ... sdh15

If I try "dmesg | less", I could find follw message:
...
usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs
usb.c: registered new driver hub
Initinalizing USB Mass Stroage driver ...
usb.c register new driver usb-storage
USB Mass Storage support registered.

If I try to mount manually, "mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/myusb", I was told:
/dev/sda1 is not a valid block device

Now, how can I sort out the problem to access the USB flash memory stick?

Thank you in advance.

Less just lets you page through the dmesg output, you need to go to the end of that output. Or, before you insert the device next time have a console window opening running a tail of your message log:

Code:

tail -f /var/log/messages

On mine, when I insert the USB device I get the following:

Code:

Jan  1 08:30:37 fender kernel: usb 1-7: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4

Jan  1 08:30:37 fender kernel: scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices

Jan  1 08:30:42 fender kernel:  Vendor: Generic  Model:                  Rev:

Jan  1 08:30:42 fender kernel:  Type:  Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 02

Jan  1 08:30:42 fender kernel: SCSI device sda: 1007616 512-byte hdwr sectors (516 MB)

Jan  1 08:30:42 fender kernel: sda: Write Protect is off

Jan  1 08:30:42 fender kernel: SCSI device sda: 1007616 512-byte hdwr sectors (516 MB)

Jan  1 08:30:42 fender kernel: sda: Write Protect is off

Jan  1 08:30:42 fender kernel:  sda: sda4

Jan  1 08:30:42 fender kernel: Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0

I mount this device from /dev/sda4

Thank you, gilead

thank you for your reply. I found my installation had so much problem so that I formatted it and install it again. This time I selected FULL install. the problem disappear. I am able to use the USB stick now.