Ok, I have a SanDisk Cruzer mini 1GB flash drive and I can get it to work.Is their somthing special I have to do to it first before it will work.I know that is is detecting my flash drive but I cant seem to access it . I went through this tutorial :
http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/feature/11637.html
but in the end it wasn't workin and their was noting in my flash folder.
here's my imput and information asked by the tutorial
lsusb
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 058f:9360 Alcor Micro Corp.
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 004: ID 043d:007b Lexmark International, Inc.
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 043d:007c Lexmark International, Inc.
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 043d:007a Lexmark International, Inc.
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0781:5150 SanDisk Corp. SDCZ2 Cruzer Mini Flash Drive (thin)
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
dmesg | grep -i "SCSI device"
SCSI device sda: 2001888 512-byte hdwr sectors (1025 MB)
SCSI device sda: 2001888 512-byte hdwr sectors (1025 MB)
pwd
/home/specialist125/Desktop
cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.bak
I checked and the backup file is their
echo "/dev/sda /home/jason/Desktop/flash vfat users,noauto,uid=jason,gid=users 0 0" >> /etc/fstab
changed to
echo "/dev/sda /home/specialist125/Desktop/flash vfat users,noauto,uid=specialist125,gid=users 0 0" >> /etc/fstab
exit
exit
mount flash
changed to root
mount flash
THIS IS THE FSTAB FILE
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hda3 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
/dev/hda2 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0
/dev/hdd /media/cdrom1 iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0
/dev/sde /home/specialist125/Desktop/flash vfat users,noauto,uid=specialist125,gid=users 0 0
/dev/sde /home/specialist125/Desktop/flash vfat users,noauto,uid=specialist125,gid=users 0 0
/dev/sda /home/specialist125/Desktop/flash vfat users,noauto,uid=specialist125,gid=users 0 0
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noob trying to use my flash drive
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Here's my /etc/fstab entry for my USB drive.
I created /media/usb0 and I just $ mount /media/usb0. Works fine for me.
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/dev/sda /media/usb0 auto defaults,user,noauto 0 0
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ok here is my /etc/fstab
since I already have that directory on my desktop
Then as $ mount /home/specialist125/Desktop/flash
but I got the following message
mount: I could not determine the filesystem type, and none was specified
What does this mean
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/dev/sde /home/specialist125/Desktop/flash auto defaults,user,noauto 0 0
Then as $ mount /home/specialist125/Desktop/flash
but I got the following message
mount: I could not determine the filesystem type, and none was specified
What does this mean
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Ok I got my flash drive to work but I have a few question
1.Why does dmesg | grep -i "SCSI device" show my drive as
"SCSI device sde: 2001888 512-byte hdwr sectors (1025 MB)" but in fdisk -l /dev/sde show it as
Disk /dev/sde: 1024 MB, 1024966656 bytes 32 heads, 63 sectors/track, 993 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2016 * 512 = 1032192 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sde1 1 992 999813+ 6 FAT16
which say's sde1
2. Shouldn't the light on my drive go off when I unmount?
This is my fstab
3. Is their a way to set this up where it auto mounts on plug in instead of going to the drive and selecting mount. I have used knoopix and I mounted on plug in
Ok I thought It was working properly, well it was but stoped. Yesterday I could mout and unmount the drive then I restared my computer and this is when I realize
1. If I plug in the flash drive before boot up I doesnt make my computer hang like before but I can't mount the drive after log in? why?
2. Like I said yesterday the dive would mount and unmout but the light on the flash drive would not shut off. After rebooting without putting the flash disk in the dive I can log in and mount but it will not let me unmount the drive now and if I take it out I can't remount it at a later time without shutting down and restarting.Why?
How can I resolve these problems?
I'm new to linux and I'm learning my way and keeping a log of problems I run into so I like to know why things work the way they do instead of just doing stuff.
1.Why does dmesg | grep -i "SCSI device" show my drive as
"SCSI device sde: 2001888 512-byte hdwr sectors (1025 MB)" but in fdisk -l /dev/sde show it as
Disk /dev/sde: 1024 MB, 1024966656 bytes 32 heads, 63 sectors/track, 993 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2016 * 512 = 1032192 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sde1 1 992 999813+ 6 FAT16
which say's sde1
2. Shouldn't the light on my drive go off when I unmount?
This is my fstab
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/dev/sde1 /home/specialist125/Desktop/flash auto auto,user,exec 0 0
3. Is their a way to set this up where it auto mounts on plug in instead of going to the drive and selecting mount. I have used knoopix and I mounted on plug in
Ok I thought It was working properly, well it was but stoped. Yesterday I could mout and unmount the drive then I restared my computer and this is when I realize
1. If I plug in the flash drive before boot up I doesnt make my computer hang like before but I can't mount the drive after log in? why?
2. Like I said yesterday the dive would mount and unmout but the light on the flash drive would not shut off. After rebooting without putting the flash disk in the dive I can log in and mount but it will not let me unmount the drive now and if I take it out I can't remount it at a later time without shutting down and restarting.Why?
How can I resolve these problems?
I'm new to linux and I'm learning my way and keeping a log of problems I run into so I like to know why things work the way they do instead of just doing stuff.