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Type "dmesg" (without quotes) into a console right after plugging the usb mass storage device in and it should tell you where it is. Linux has some trouble with laptops btw. You'll find that if it's a USB1.1 device then the device will be something like /dev/sda1 If it's USB2 then it'll probably be /dev/uba If it's on a laptop then give up and go with /dev/discs/disc1/part1 (or whatever the highest disc number on the system is). If you're going grey very fast, then remember to compile the next kernel to include supermount-ng or similar.
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Well, the device is /dev/sdc. Unfortunately, I can't mount it. Linux doesn't seem to recognize the file system. It is a 256 Meg flash, and according to XP it is formatted as FAT, but neither mount -t msdos /dev/sdc /mnt/usbstick nor mount -t vfat /dev/sdc /mnt/usbstick work. They all come back with "Wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdc, or too many mounted file systems." ![]() |
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Sigh. Duh. Case of the terminal stupids. mount -t vfat /dev/sdc1 /mnt/usbstick works great. Helps when you specify the partition to mount. ![]() |
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Some USB flash devices are partitioned, some arn't. There seems to be some variation to the specs as to how it's handled.
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