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Re: Memory Stick is sg1?



On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 03:15:47PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
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> On 01/25/08 15:05, Thomas H. George wrote:
> > I have a usb memory stick which I successfully used for a netinst
> > several months ago.  When I connected it today it was recognized as sg1
> > but it was not recognized as a block device when I tried to mount it.
> > Returning to the Debian-Installer directions I found I can mount it
> > with  the command mount /dev/sda /mnt but only as root.  At the moment I
> > just want to store some files and there is plenty of space free so I
> > don't really have a problem.  I'm just puzzled as I have an entry in
> > /etc/fstab reading /dev/sda1 /usbkey    vfat   rw,user,noauto   0   0
> > and I believe in the past the memory stick was recognized as sda1 and I
> > could mount it as an ordinary user.  If using it for netinst has
> > modified it how can I restore the original configuration?
> 
> To install Debian onto the machine that now recognizes it as sg1?
> 
No, just to use it to store data.  As it is I can only mount it as root
and to just store data I would prefer to mount it as a normal user.
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> Ron Johnson, Jr.
> Jefferson LA  USA
> 
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> because I hate vegetables!"
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