Mount USB memory stick on Compaq Presario 700

DLH · #1 14th March 2005, 06:16 PM

I am an absolute newbie. Would greatly appreciate any info on mounting USB memory stick on Compaq Presario 700 operating with FC2. Thanks...

imdeemvp · #2 14th March 2005, 07:28 PM

Ok here is the how-to. Enjoy!

DLH · #3 14th March 2005, 08:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by imdeemvp

Ok here is the how-to. Enjoy!

Correction to last response: as par for a true newbie I entered the command incorrectly (missed a space bar entry!) My actual response, after double checking entry, was, "mount point mnt/usbflash does not exist." What is thie 42-year-old wannabe geek missing?

marko · #4 15th March 2005, 12:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DLH

Correction to last response: as par for a true newbie I entered the command incorrectly (missed a space bar entry!) My actual response, after double checking entry, was, "mount point mnt/usbflash does not exist." What is thie 42-year-old wannabe geek missing?

Assuming you didn't do a typo right there in the post, you're missing the
leading "/" before the "mnt". I'm also assuming you remembered to actually
create the /mnt/usbflash directory, it has to exist before the mount will work.

Fedora core 3 doesn't use /mnt as the default mount area, for some reason they
changed to /media so check that out too.

so command should be:

mount /mnt/usbflash

Mark

DLH · #5 15th March 2005, 03:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by marko

Assuming you didn't do a typo right there in the post, you're missing the
leading "/" before the "mnt". I'm also assuming you remembered to actually
create the /mnt/usbflash directory, it has to exist before the mount will work.

Fedora core 3 doesn't use /mnt as the default mount area, for some reason they
changed to /media so check that out too.

so command should be:

mount /mnt/usbflash

Mark

Thank you, Mark, I checked it again and was able to do the mount. Unfortunately, I don't quite get the code for making the mount auto and user rw. I appreciate your help.

Donal

DLH · #6 15th March 2005, 03:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by imdeemvp

Ok here is the how-to. Enjoy!

Thanks for your help. Is there a How To post on making the mount user rw? Thanks again...

Donal

imdeemvp · #7 15th March 2005, 09:26 AM

All you have to do is edit the fstab and add this line to make the device read and write:

Code:

/dev/sda1               /mnt/usbflash            vfat   noauto,users,rw,umask=0 0 0

rw = read and write.

DLH · #8 17th March 2005, 02:59 PM

Thanks for your help.

DLH · #9 21st March 2005, 02:33 AM

imdeemvp, I have tried this shell line several times. I double checked the file type under the hardware browser, which indicated the file type for my usb flash as fat16 (is this the problem?) But I have yet to be successful in moutning the flash to be rw receptive, i.e., I just plain cannot write to it, which is the thing I need it to do most. You really seem to know what you're doing. What am I doing (or not doing)?

Thanks for your patience and indulgence.

donal

imdeemvp · #10 21st March 2005, 06:52 AM

Do you have in write protection mode? check your device....it can also be that you have it in fat16 but I am not sure.

DLH · #11 21st March 2005, 07:21 AM

I have checked vfat and fat16. As for write protection mode, my memory stick does not appear to have the capability. I surmise that I am in the hardware mode of Gandhi-esque noncompliance.

Any suggestions (beyond spending money on a new memory stick, which, after all, is the reason I chose to use Linux, to not spend money)?

d

TheCowGod · #12 21st March 2005, 07:27 AM

DLH, unless i read your post wrong you were typing this in at the shell prompt.

Code:

/dev/sda1               /mnt/usbflash            vfat   noauto,users,rw,umask=0 0 0

If you were you have to su and open /etc/fstab and paste it in at the end. That should allow you to write to the device.

imdeemvp · #13 21st March 2005, 09:34 AM

So you have not added the line to the fstab as I suggest in the how-to? If not open terminal, become root and run:

Code:

gedit /etc/fstab

and add the suggested line and click on the SAVE icon and close. Log out and log in and retry.

BTW...great observation the by TheCowGod

DLH · #14 22nd March 2005, 06:11 PM

No, I put that in gedit. First I checked the hardware browser, then entered the info in gedit. Yes, I double checked spelling, etc. The only thing I don't recall doing was log out and back in. I generally use KDE. Do you mean log out of the desktop and then back in? Or just out and back into the shell?
Thanks...

jacob · #15 22nd March 2005, 06:25 PM

Hi, don't know if you noticed, but in the default GNOME desktop, all usb storage devices appear in the "Computer" folder. My problem is that I have recompiled a custom kernel to enable NTFS, but this has removed the automatic usb-storage detection, as they no longer appear in the "Computer" folder. Can anyone tell me how to re-enable this automatic support? It's quite cumbersome to go through the whole configuration process if there's an easier way...