After trying various suggestions I found I was unable to mount the
memory stick at all.
I went back to the begining and executed:
zcat boot.img.gz > /dev/sda
which puts a FAT file system on the memory stick.
Next I unplugged and replugged it and it was still recognized as sg1.
As root the command mount /dev/sda /mnt worked.
Next I added the line:
/dev/sda /media/usb1 vfat rw,user,auto 0 0
to /etc/fstab and found that as a normal user the command:
mount /media/usb1
worked. Thus my objective of using the memory stick as a normal user is
achieved.
I don't understand why sg1 and not sda1. For the curious I ran parted
with the following result:
Script started on Sun 27 Jan 2008 04:41:31 PM EST
Dragon:~# parted /dev/sda print
Disk /dev/sda: 2080MB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: loop
Number Start End Size File system Flags
1 0.00kB 2080MB 2080MB fat16
Information: Don't forget to update /etc/fstab, if necessary.
Dragon:~# exit
Script done on Sun 27 Jan 2008 04:41:56 PM EST
Tom
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