[Fwd: Re: Memory stick Medion]

[Bob Chiodini]

On Mon, 2004-07-26 at 12:54, antonio montagnani wrote:
> 
> 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???
> 
What does fdisk -l /dev/sda tell you.  Maybe it's not formatted.

Bob...
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