Re: help identifying a USB data stick

[Maciek Rutecki <maciej.rutecki@gmail.com>]

Robert Cates pisze:

>>   
> Thanks for the tip/info.  My dmesg shows:
> 
> SCSI subsystem initialized
> Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
> scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
> usbcore: registered new driver usb-storage
> USB Mass Storage support registered.
> usb-storage: device found at 2
> usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
>  Vendor:           Model: MediBase          Rev: 1100
>  Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 00
> usb-storage: device scan complete
> SCSI device sda: 8125440 512-byte hdwr sectors (4160 MB)
> sda: Write Protect is off
> sda: Mode Sense: 43 00 00 00
> sda: assuming drive cache: write through
> SCSI device sda: 8125440 512-byte hdwr sectors (4160 MB)
> sda: Write Protect is off
> sda: Mode Sense: 43 00 00 00
> sda: assuming drive cache: write through
> sda: sda1
> sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sda
> 
> but unlike yours, it does not say - usb-storage: device scan complete
> Now, what's the best way to get this mounted and usable?  Should I
> install am-utils for example?  I've tried various ways of using the
> mount command, but I'm not getting it right (mounted).
> 
> Thanks,
> Robert
> 
> 

#mkdir /media/sda1
#mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /media/sda1
#df
#umount

If works:
/etc/fstab:
/dev/sda1      /media/sda1     vfat    user,noauto,umask=0,exec 0 0

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