mounting a USB memory stick

[Sebastian Hartwig]

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Clinton MacDonald ha scrit:
> On Sat, 2003-10-04 at 15:53, Sebastian Hartwig wrote:
> > My problem now is this: I use an USB memory stick. The iBook has two USB
> > ports, so there should be no problem. I once mounted the USB stick with
> >
> > mount -tvfat /dev/sda /mnt/usb
> >
> > which worked well, even one second time, but most times the terminal is
> > just freezing and nothing happens.
>
> I think your problem is a simple typing error. Shouldn't that line be:
>
> [root]# mount -t vfat /dev/sda /mnt/usb
>
> (noting the space between the "-t" and the "vfat")?

When I read your answer I thought "Of course, that's it!". So (not to have=
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side effects) I shut down the system and did a reboot. Then opening a=20
terminal switched to root and typed:

# mount -t vfat /dev/sda /mnt/usb

The terminal answered:

mount: /dev/sda ist kein g=FCltiges blockorientiertes Ger=E4t

("mount: /dev/sda is no valid block orientated device")

Of course. -- I forgot to plug in the memory stick. :-/

Done that, I retried:

# mount -t vfat /dev/sda /mnt/usb

But still nothing changed: the terminal froze, and nothing happend.

:-(``

Sin consilie

Sebastian

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