[Fwd: Re: Memory stick Medion]

[antonio montagnani <anto montagnani virgilio it>]

antonio montagnani wrote/ha scritto, On/il 26/07/2004 06:02:

> Asri Sulaiman wrote/ha scritto, On/il 26/07/2004 03:54:
>
> > > Well, it's been found. All you need to do is mount it.
> > >
> > > Create a mount point at /mnt , I call mine 'flash'. For example 
> > > 'mkdir /mnt/flash'.
> > >
> > > With the unit inserted, type 'mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/flash'.
> > >
> > > With any luck (no error messages) you'll now be able to write/read 
> > > files to/from the device by reading from/writing to /mnt/flash.
> > >
> > > Remember to unmount the device before pulling it out: 'umount 
> > > /mnt/flash'.
> >
> > Fedora Core1 seems to insist on /mnt/flash as the mount point.
> >
> > I added the following line to /etc/fstab
> >
> >   /dev/sda1   /mnt/usb    auto    noauto,owner,kudzu 0 0
> >
> > Then as non-root user, I can mount it and use it ok but,
> > once done, "umount /mnt/usb" take a long time to complete.
> > Some time after, both the directory /mnt/usb and the line
> > in /etc/fstab disappear and replaced by
> >   /dev/sda1     /mnt/flash  auto   noauto,owner,kudzu 0 0
> >
> > I have since capitulated to the system's idiosyncracy and
> > use /mnt/flash instead of /mnt/usb as the mounting
> > directory.
> >
> > Cheers
> > -Asri Sulaiman
> Tnx.
> I will give a try when my son will lend me the device.
> I have a small question.
> Why is the procedure of creating a mount point, mounting the device 
> etc fully automatic when I connect my digital camera?? what is different?
This is the output of my machine.....

/usr/sbin/kudzu -s -p -c HD
-
class: HD
bus: USB
detached: 0
driver: usb-storage
desc: "Sunplus Co Ltd Sunplus MultiMedia disk"
usbclass: 8
usbsubclass: 6
usbprotocol: 50
usbbus: 1
usblevel: 1
usbport: 1
usbdev: 3
vendorId: 04fc
deviceId: 757a
usbmfr: Sunplus Co Ltd
usbprod: Sunplus MultiMedia disk
-
class: HD
bus: IDE
detached: 0
device: hda
driver: ignore
desc: "FUJITSU MPF3153AT"
physical: 16383/16/63
logical: 29785/16/63
-
class: HD
bus: IDE
detached: 0
device: hdb
driver: ignore
desc: "QUANTUM FIREBALLP AS10.2"
physical: 16383/16/63
logical: 19906/16/63
-
class: HD
bus: SCSI
detached: 0
device: sda
driver: ignore
desc: "Sunplus MultiMedia-Disk"
host: 0
id: 0
channel: 0
lun: 0
generic: sg0

I created mnt/flash but when I issue:
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/flash
I get
mount: /dev/sda1 unvalid block device

Where is my mistake???

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