Re: [OT] Re: Mounting a USB Mass Storage Device

2007-12-04 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 09:26:02PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 12/03/07 21:17, Nyizsnyik Ferenc wrote: > >>> Yes, that's a nice idea. I myself would follow your advice, but my > >>> wife doesn't let me to... :) > >> sorry dear, that harddrive died and took windows with it. Fortunately, > >> I

Re: [OT] Re: Mounting a USB Mass Storage Device

2007-12-03 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/03/07 21:17, Nyizsnyik Ferenc wrote: > On Mon, 3 Dec 2007 17:27:35 -0800 > Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 12:48:59AM +0100, Nyizsnyik Ferenc wrote: [snip] >>> Yes, that's a nice idea. I myself would

[OT] Re: Mounting a USB Mass Storage Device

2007-12-03 Thread Nyizsnyik Ferenc
On Mon, 3 Dec 2007 17:27:35 -0800 Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 12:48:59AM +0100, Nyizsnyik Ferenc wrote: > > On Sun, 02 Dec 2007 12:56:56 -0500 > > Marty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Samuel Bächler wrote: > > > >> Is the vfat module loaded? Y

Re: Mounting a USB Mass Storage Device

2007-12-03 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 12:48:59AM +0100, Nyizsnyik Ferenc wrote: > On Sun, 02 Dec 2007 12:56:56 -0500 > Marty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Samuel Bächler wrote: > > >> Is the vfat module loaded? You might want to check the filesystem > > >> type with "file -s /dev/sdb1". Also are you able t

Re: Mounting a USB Mass Storage Device

2007-12-03 Thread Nyizsnyik Ferenc
On Sun, 02 Dec 2007 12:56:56 -0500 Marty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Samuel Bächler wrote: > >> Is the vfat module loaded? You might want to check the filesystem > >> type with "file -s /dev/sdb1". Also are you able to access the > >> files on any other system? If the data on the usb drive is n

Re: Mounting a USB Mass Storage Device

2007-12-02 Thread Marty
Samuel Bächler wrote: Is the vfat module loaded? You might want to check the filesystem type with "file -s /dev/sdb1". Also are you able to access the files on any other system? If the data on the usb drive is not important, then try formatting it. "mkdosfs /dev/sdb1" will create a fat16 fil

Re: Mounting a USB Mass Storage Device

2007-12-02 Thread Samuel Bächler
Is the vfat module loaded? You might want to check the filesystem type with "file -s /dev/sdb1". Also are you able to access the files on any other system? If the data on the usb drive is not important, then try formatting it. "mkdosfs /dev/sdb1" will create a fat16 filesystem while mke2fs wi

Re: Mounting a USB Mass Storage Device

2007-12-02 Thread Raj Kiran Grandhi
Samuel Bächler wrote: # tail -f /var/log/syslog Dec 2 12:28:35 ataraxia kernel: SCSI device sdb: 249120 512-byte hdwr sectors (128 MB) Dec 2 12:28:35 ataraxia kernel: sdb: Write Protect is off Dec 2 12:28:35 ataraxia kernel: sdb: Mode Sense: 0b 00 00 08 Dec 2 12:28:35 ataraxia kernel: sdb:

Re: Mounting a USB Mass Storage Device

2007-12-02 Thread Nyizsnyik Ferenc
On Sun, 02 Dec 2007 12:35:04 +0100 Samuel Bächler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for your many inputs so far! > > > Are you sure /dev/sda1 is your usb stick and not your primary hard > > disk? Do a tail -f /var/log/syslog and then plugin your memory > > stick. That will give you some inf

Re: Mounting a USB Mass Storage Device

2007-12-02 Thread Samuel Bächler
Thanks for your many inputs so far! Are you sure /dev/sda1 is your usb stick and not your primary hard disk? Do a tail -f /var/log/syslog and then plugin your memory stick. That will give you some info as to what the actual device is. Your are right, Raj, sda* is my harddisk. Shame on me..

Re: Mounting a USB Mass Storage Device

2007-12-01 Thread Marty
Samuel Bächler wrote: Hi Everyone Does anyone know what is going wrong on my system or what I am doing wrong or else? To mount a memory stick I do: # mount -t auto /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb ... # ls /mnt/usb boot bootmgr MFGSTAT preboot recovery SCRREC.VER swwork System Volume Information tvtos windo

Re: Mounting a USB Mass Storage Device

2007-12-01 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/01/07 19:49, Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > >> Since the "drive letter" of removable devices is subject to change, >> I now use UUID values in /etc/fstab instead of /dev/sd??. (Except >> for /boot and /.) >> >> # blkid /dev/sdX

Re: Mounting a USB Mass Storage Device

2007-12-01 Thread Raj Kiran Grandhi
Ron Johnson wrote: Since the "drive letter" of removable devices is subject to change, I now use UUID values in /etc/fstab instead of /dev/sd??. (Except for /boot and /.) # blkid /dev/sdXY # vi /etc/fstab (Replace /dev/sdXY with UUID="") Also, if you have hal installed, GNOME & KDE should aut

Re: Mounting a USB Mass Storage Device

2007-12-01 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/01/07 10:53, Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: > Samuel Bächler wrote: >> Hi Everyone >> >> Does anyone know what is going wrong on my system or >> what I am doing wrong or else? >> >> To mount a memory stick I do: >> >> # mount -t auto /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb

Re: Mounting a USB Mass Storage Device

2007-12-01 Thread Raj Kiran Grandhi
Samuel Bächler wrote: Hi Everyone Does anyone know what is going wrong on my system or what I am doing wrong or else? To mount a memory stick I do: # mount -t auto /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb Are you sure /dev/sda1 is your usb stick and not your primary hard disk? Do a tail -f /var/log/syslog and t

Re: Mounting a USB Mass Storage Device

2007-12-01 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/01/07 09:26, Samuel Bächler wrote: > Hi Everyone > > Does anyone know what is going wrong on my system or > what I am doing wrong or else? > > To mount a memory stick I do: > > # mount -t auto /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb > ... > # ls /mnt/usb > boot >

Re: Mounting a USB Mass Storage Device

2007-12-01 Thread Robert Jerrard
On Sat, 2007-12-01 at 16:26 +0100, Samuel Bächler wrote: > Hi Everyone > > Does anyone know what is going wrong on my system or > what I am doing wrong or else? > > To mount a memory stick I do: > > # mount -t auto /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb > ... > # ls /mnt/usb > boot > bootmgr > MFGSTAT > preboot >