> Hello again. I added the entry to /etc/fstab,
> rebooted,
No need to reboot.
> inserted the key drive, then tried mounting
> /mnt/jumpdrive, but got the following:
>
> mount: you must specify the filesystem type
>
> I looked on the man page for mount, at the filesystem
> types, but didn't see usb. Is there a different name
> for it? Thanks again.
In most cases like this specifying the filesystem type doesn't work either
(the default is auto which should detect common types).
Some things you could try:
o make sure you have the latest RedHat kernel (2.4.20-20.9) it has some
fixes for certain types of USB memory cards
o do `tail -f /var/log/messages' as you insert the card and see what
it's recognized as. Sometimes they show up as /dev/sdb or higher.
o do `fdisk -ul /dev/sda' (or sdb or whatever it shows up as)
o if there's no valuable data on it - run `fdisk /dev/sda' (or whatever),
delete all existing partitions, create a new partition then format
it as vfat with: `mkfs.vfat /dev/sda1' (or whatever).
Then try mounting the newly created partition. If it doesn't work unplug
it and plug it in again watching /var/log/messages.
--
Ian
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