i just got an iPod(!), and i'm very excited to start using it. however, i can't figure out how to mount it. i'm not even trying to set up automounting or anything right now (though eventually i'd like to); i just want to mount it to write music to it. the instructions at the gtkpod README page offer several similar ways of doing this, all of which use /dev/sda2 as the device you're mounting. they all say, though, "/dev/sda2 may not be appropriate, if you have other scsi devices." well, when my USB cord is connected to my iPod, and i type mount -t vfat /dev/sda2 /mnt/iPod (yes, i've already made the mountpoint), i get: mount: /dev/sda2 is not a valid block device i know my system sees it, because dmesg tells me: usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using address 9 and i can see it connect and unconnect by tail -f'ing /var/log/syslog. i'm using kernel 2.6.6-1-686, on which USB is enabled (i'm using a usb mouse), and the vfat file systemt is inserted as a module. can anyone give me any hints as to how to get this thing mounted? thanks a lot! </nori> -- .~. nori @ sccs.swarthmore.edu /V\ http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/~nori // \\ @ maenad.net /( )\ www.maenad.net/jnl ^`~'^ ++ Sponsor me as I run my SECOND marathon for AIDS: ++ ++ http://www.aidsmarathon.com/participant.asp?runner=DC-2844 ++
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