Re: Help getting USB memory stick as device working

[Colin <cwvca_SPAMNOT@hotmail.com>]

Yusuf Mustarif wrote:
> Hi, can't get my USB memory stick showing up as a device/folder so I can
> write to it & see information on it. I don't know what I am doing. My
> system & what I have done are below. Any help much appreciated.
> Thank you
> Peter
> 
> Here is my setup
> 
> 
> deb26:/# cat /etc/fstab
> # /etc/fstab: static file system information.
> #
> # <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
> proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0
> /dev/hda1       /               ext3    defaults,errors=remount-ro
> 0       1
> /dev/hda5       none            swap    sw              0       0
> /dev/hdc        /media/cdrom0   iso9660 ro,user,noauto  0       0
> /dev/fd0        /media/floppy0  auto    rw,user,noauto  0       0
> /dev/sda1       /mnt/usb        usbfs   defaults        0       0

Chances are that the filesystem on your USB stick is vfat so replace
"usbfs" with "vfat" ("auto" would be even better).  Also, since it's
removable, use the same options as your floppy drive (i.e. rw,user,noauto).