On Saturday 09 April 2005 05:14 am, Paul Smith wrote: > On Apr 9, 2005 5:02 AM, Dennis Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I do not know why, but now I cannot use my flash drive, getting the > > > > following error: > > > > > > > > Could not mount device. > > > > The reported error was: > > > > mount: only root can mount /dev/sda1 on /media/usbdisk > > > > > > Paul, I was having the same problem in 10.2 rc2 with cooker upgrade. So > > > I set the append line in lilo to noapic & nolapic and on boot with the > > > device plugged in or plugging in after It is detected and accessable. > > > HTH > > > > Oh man, if I would read and not jump...... any chance you went to > > console and typed in as "su" mount /dev/sda1 /media/usbdisk ? or look > > in MCC and see what harddrake calls the device. HTH > > Thanks, Dennis, but I do not understand quite well what you mean. Yes, > if I run the command > > mount /media/usbdisk > > then, I can use my flash disk. > > Paul Right, this seems to be the way 10.1 works. It must first have a removable drive mounted and then it will allow it to be read. 10.2 has changed this and works much better for hotplugging. 10.2 should be out in a few days now. -- Dennis M. linux user #180842
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