my apologies
On 3/3/06, Sudev Barar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On 03/03/06, ankit walia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > actually on usb port i hv attached pendrive
> > i hv used mount /dev/sda1 /anyfolder
> > cant it be self check like cd rom
> >
> > On 3/3/06, ankit walia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > i hv red hat 9 linux version 2.4.x
> > > plz help
> > > nahi ho raha
> > > always i hv to use mount /dev/sda1 /anyfolder
> > >
> > > On 3/3/06, विवेक ऐय्यर விவேக ஐய்யர் Vivek Iyyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > > > On 3/1/06, ankit walia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > like windows do self check that usb has been attached
> > > > > y cant linux do
> > > > > n if it do how?
> > > >
> > > > where's your Gramma(r)? ;-)
>
> Ankit
> Plainly speaking you are not likely to get help if you top post, use
> non-English words or try to use abbreviation. You will do better if
> you can spend some time reading list rules or ettiquetes. Two guys
> before me have pointed this out in joking manner but since you ignored
> this I am writing this in plain language for your consideration.
>
> Now on to the problem:
> 1. Are you sure your pen drive is recognised as /dev/sda1 ?? Run as
> sudo or root "tail -f /var/log/messages" before you connect the drive.
> Now see the output when you connect There are other ways of finding
> the device, read the net.
> 2. Once identified run as sudo or root "mount -t vfat /dev/sda1
> /mnt/mountpoint. Make sure that /mnt/mountpoint exists or run mkdir to
> create this.
> 3. If you want automounting then you will have to dig in deeper and do
> "man fstab" Understand how this works and then go ahead. Alternatively
> find distro like Ubuntu that is already set to do so.
>
> Hope this is clear. Enjoy.
> --
> Sudev Barar
> Learning Linux
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