Re: mounting device

[Edward Dekkers <edward tripled iinet net au>]

Alan Giltinan wrote:

>  hi all,
> i am trying to mount my usb device on rh8. i know it picks up usb
> devices cause my mouse is usb.
> the 'fstab' file contains the /dev/usb    /mnt/usb' line.
> however i get a '/dev/usb is not a block device' error when i try to
> mount it
>
> am i way of the mark or what?

First thing to do is to run 'tail -f /var/log/messages' while inserting 
the device.

Tell us what you see.

Regards,
Ed.