Re: Can't mount pen drive

[Douglas Allan Tutty <dtutty@porchlight.ca>]

On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 08:01:02AM -0700, Marc Shapiro wrote:
> I am having trouble getting a USB pen drive to mount.  I am running an 
> up-to-date Etch box.
> 
> My  /etc/fstab is:
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> # /etc/fstab: static file system information.
> #
> # <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>               <dump>  
> <pass>
> /dev/sda1       /media/pen      vfat    user,umask=0000,noauto  0       0
> 
> When I try to mount the drive I get the following error:
> 
> mns@xander:~$ mount /media/pen
> mount: special device /dev/sda1 does not exist
> 
> I have, in fact, tried two separate pen drives with the same results.

Where did you get the name sda1 from to put in the fstab?

Doug.