Re: Debian on my Targa laptop : it finally worked !

[Matt Kay <matt@sel.cam.ac.uk>]

> -- last little problem : my USB memory stick ... I mount it as root with
>
> mount -t vfat /dev/sda /mnt
>
> but, as user, a ls /mnt gives me full of "permission not granted" ; I 
> tried the -o nosuid,user option : didn't help ...

I had a similar problem once - I think the uid=username option fixed it. 
See man mount or man fstab for details...

Matt

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