Arkajyoti Misra wrote: > Hello All! > > This my first mail to the TCLUG. > I am running FC1 on a Toshiba satellite laptop and trying to get the > OS to recognize my USB jumpdrive. My /etc/fstab looks like this... > LABEL=/ / ext3 defaults 1 1 > LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2 > none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 > none /proc proc defaults 0 0 > none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 > /dev/hda5 swap swap defaults 0 0 > /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb vfat > noauto,owner,user,sync 0 0 > /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom udf,iso9660 > noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0 > Now when I try to mount the drive I get the following error... > mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb > mount: /dev/sda1 is not a valid block device > > Running /sbin/fsck I get the following... > fsck 1.34 (25-Jul-2003) > > dosfsck 2.8, 28 Feb 2001, FAT32, LFN > open /dev/sda1:No such device or address > > Any suggestions what to do now? > I googled for this problem but came up with no solution. > > Thanks. > > Arko. > > Please post what you get when you do the following: Unplug the USB reader and card and issue the command 'tail /var/log/messages/' then plug the reader back in and insert the card back into the reader and issue 'mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb. Issue 'tail -20 /var/log/messages' and then post back with the output of both runs of tail. Also issue the command 'dmesg | grep -i usb' This is looking at fault mostly on the system, but you might also want to check the card you're trying to read is also good. After you did the above (with your card still in the machine, try doing '/sbin/fdisk -l /dev/sda1' I'm assuming that this card is good as in you have taken pictures on it and can read the pics back off on your camera. If you had another card that is free of space or if the card you are trying to read is free of space, try formatting the card first. Also, /dev/sda1 should be dynamically created, make sure it is gone when you disconnect your USB reader from your laptop and reappears when you plug it back in. So do file /dev/sda1 OR ls -l /dev/sda1 before and after connecting your reader/card Adam _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list