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Cannot mount USB flash drive
Name: Doug52392 Date: December 25, 2006 at 18:13:31 Pacific OS: SLAX Server 5.1.8.1 CPU/Ram: Pentium 4/256 mb Product: Toshiba Satellite 1905
Comment:
Hi, I recently downloaded SLAX server Linux, but have not been able to mount my USB MP3 player. The device appears in the USB Devices list of the Info Center, but I cannot access the drive nor mount it.
Name: 3Dave Date: December 25, 2006 at 20:27:12 Pacific
Reply:
What is the command you are trying to use to mount it? Something like: # mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/mountpoint
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After inserting the device what is the output towards the end of dmesg?
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Response Number 2
Name: Doug52392 Date: December 26, 2006 at 06:39:54 Pacific
Reply:
The output is at the end of dmesg, it says "Buffer I/O Error on device sda1, logical block 2008832", and says the same thing 9 times. When I plug it in, it says its an SCSI removable disk, and appears in the Info Center under SCSI Devices. I use the mount command (mount /dev/sda1), it says "could not find sda1 in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab"
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Response Number 3
Name: 3Dave Date: December 28, 2006 at 06:29:18 Pacific
Reply:
# mount /dev/sda1 will only work if the device is listed in /etc/fstab. Once you have got it working you can put in an entry for it so you can mount it easily as above. Before you can do that though you have to figure out how to mount it manually so you can put the correct info into fstab. Try the command # mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/mp3 nb You have to make sure you have the directory /mnt/mp3 first!
"..Buffer I/O Error on device sda1..." doesn't sound good though. What is the output of: # fdisk -l /dev/sda NB That's "sda" and not "sda1"
Do you have access to a thumb drive or digital camera etc which you can try instead?
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