Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> I have the following problem: >> yesterday I bought a new 256 MB pendrive, that wants to be mounted >> as `/dev/sda' whereas the other one I have wants `/dev/sda1'. >> Now, if in /etc/fstab I put the sda entry first, then can't mount sda1; >> and vice versa, if I put sda1 first then I can't mount sda. >> >> Any suggestion to be able to mount both?
Americo Monteiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > That new pen doesn't have a partition created... > remove every file from it, then with fdisk or qtparted create a partition on > it and format it. > > both pens will be mounted as /dev/sda1 > > carefull, if you keep both pens connected then the second will be /deb/sdb1 > > > regards (i can't post in the group, don't know why) Thanks, I did the opposite: I removed the partition from the old pen and now both can be mounted as /dev/sda (see my previous post). The strange is that I didn't manage to create a partition on the new pen with parted, or anyway after creating it, the pen still required /dev/sda. Cheers, Rodolfo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]