Re: mounting USB pen under 2.6

[jlquinn <jlquinn@optonline.net>]

michael wrote:
> I've had a look around but can't see how to mount my USB pen under 2.6
> (stable). I've just upgraded from 2.4 where I had a line in /etc/fstab
> 	/dev/sda1    /usbkey     vfat   users,noauto        0       0
> but under 2.6 my first SATA drive in now /dev/sda1 so I'm confused what
> I should replace the about line with.
>
> I see from SYSLOG that when I plug the USB pen into the slot:

[snip]

> Apr  5 13:31:30 ratty kernel: sdc: assuming Write Enabled
> Apr  5 13:31:30 ratty kernel: sdc: assuming drive cache: write through
> Apr  5 13:31:30 ratty kernel:  /dev/scsi/host2/bus0/target0/lun0: p1
> Apr  5 13:31:30 ratty kernel: Attached scsi removable disk sdc at scsi2,
> channel 0, id 0, lun 0



> but trying to mount sdc doesn't work:
>
> michael@ratty:~$ sudo mount -t vfat /dev/sdc /usbkey mount: wrong fs
> type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdc,
>        missing codepage or other error
>        In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
>        dmesg | tail  or so

Try:

 mount /dev/sdc1 /usbkey

It seems that USB keys have a partition table and the relevant partition 
is normally 1.

Jerry Quinn