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How do I mount my usb key?

After inserting the usb key, an icon should appear on your desktop. If not, you can try the following suggestions.

Enterprise Linux 3:
Right-click on the desktop, then choose Disks->Usb to mount the usb key.

Enterprise Linux 4:
Double-click on the Computer icon on your destop, then double-click on Filesystem, then media.
If your device is recognized, it will be listed in this directory.

You can also go to /media directly to locate your device.

At a terminal window, type:

mount /mnt/usb

or

mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb

If it doesn't work then try this:

mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb

If it still doesn't work try this (some usb keys don't have a partition table on them):

mount -t vfat /dev/sda /mnt/usb
If this still doesn't work, try to reload the modules:
modprobe -r usb-storage
modprobe usb-storage
Then try to mount again.

If you are not sure what device your system is using, type:
tail -f /var/log/messages

Now insert the usb device.

You should see similar output appear on your console:
Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage
scsi3 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
  Vendor: Generic   Model: STORAGE DEVICE    Rev: 1.02
  Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi3, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
SCSI device sda: 512000 512-byte hdwr sectors (262 MB)
sda: Write Protect is off
 sda: sda1
WARNING: USB Mass Storage data integrity not assured
USB Mass Storage device found at 2
USB Mass Storage support registered.
usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:1d.7-6 address 2


Make note of the line:
sda: sda1


This is the device your system is using.

Now, edit your /etc/fstab file:

Add the following line:
/dev/sda1                /mnt/usb             auto    user,noauto 0 0


Now you should be able to mount using the mount command





Wednesday, September 29th 2004



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