Lawrence Drexler wrote:
> in Debian, "mount -t vfat /dev/sdb /media/flash" yields an error message
> "wrong fs type..."

You're specifying a drive, not a partition on a drive.  The number
following the device name is the partition.  I'd bet this would work:

mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /media/flash

> Debian calls the drive sdb.  SuSE calls it sda1.
> In SuSE, "mount -t auto /dev/sda1 /media/sda1" works fine.

SuSE actually calls the drive sda, and the first partition on the sda
drive sda1.

Chad Martin


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