-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 01/27/08 15:45, Thomas H. George wrote: > After trying various suggestions I found I was unable to mount the > memory stick at all. > > I went back to the begining and executed: > > zcat boot.img.gz > /dev/sda > > which puts a FAT file system on the memory stick. > > Next I unplugged and replugged it and it was still recognized as sg1. > As root the command mount /dev/sda /mnt worked. > > Next I added the line: > > /dev/sda /media/usb1 vfat rw,user,auto 0 0 > > to /etc/fstab and found that as a normal user the command: > > mount /media/usb1 > > worked. Thus my objective of using the memory stick as a normal user is > achieved. > > I don't understand why sg1 and not sda1. For the curious I ran parted > with the following result: > > > Script started on Sun 27 Jan 2008 04:41:31 PM EST > Dragon:~# parted /dev/sda print > > Disk /dev/sda: 2080MB > > Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B > > Partition Table: loop > > Number Start End Size File system Flags > > 1 0.00kB 2080MB 2080MB fat16 > > > Information: Don't forget to update /etc/fstab, if necessary.
If this is a desktop system running GNOME/KDE/XFCE when you plug the stick in, you shouldn't really have to do any of this. Since you *are* having all this trouble, I guess that implies that you aren't running a DE. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA "I'm not a vegetarian because I love animals, I'm a vegetarian because I hate vegetables!" unknown -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHnSLhS9HxQb37XmcRAtnLAJ9Pxgu/IN65NNp4CrFwRBl6cVfpQACbBbpc X8AbAf3hotY5qrqKoAEvugk= =TAOq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
