i have some data on my thumb drive how i connect thumb drive to my system to copy some data from thumb drive to hard disk in fedora 2

Just mount it. Is it USB? It should appear as the first unused SCSI device on your system. Chances are that it will be /dev/sda1. First create the mountpoint (this needs to be done only once) # mkdir /mnt/thumbdrive Then plug it in and mount the device # mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/thumbdrive If it is not in FAT you could try either "-t usbfs" or "-t auto". If it all works you can add a line to /etc/fstab so in the future all you need to type would be: # mount /mnt/thumbdrive

#mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/thumbdirve (after the above command we get this) mount: mount point /mnt/thumbdirve does not exit

Did you create the mountpoint with the first command "mkdir /mnt/thumbdrive"?

device /dev/sda1 is not showing in hardware brose

"...hardware brose..." ? I am unsure as to what you mean. Is it listed in /dev? $ ls /dev/sd* What is the output of: $ lsmod and $ /sbin/lsusb

$ lsmod Module Size Used by sd_mod 16384 0 usb_storage 55392 0 snd_mixer_oss 13824 2 snd_via82xx 19104 3 snd_pcm 68872 1 snd_via82xx snd_timer 17156 1 snd_pcm snd_ac97_codec 50436 1 snd_via82xx snd_page_alloc 7940 2 snd_via82xx,snd_pcm gameport 3328 1 snd_via82xx snd_mpu401_uart 4864 1 snd_via82xx snd_rawmidi 17184 1 snd_mpu401_uart snd_seq_device 6152 1 snd_rawmidi snd 38372 10 snd_mixer_oss,snd_via82xx,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_ac97_codec,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device soundcore 6112 3 snd parport_pc 19392 1 lp 8236 0 parport 29640 2 parport_pc,lp autofs4 10624 0 rfcomm 27164 0 l2cap 16004 5 rfcomm bluetooth 33636 4 rfcomm,l2cap sunrpc 101064 1 8139too 17792 0 mii 3584 1 8139too ipt_REJECT 4736 1 ipt_state 1536 2 ip_conntrack 24968 1 ipt_state iptable_filter 2048 1 ip_tables 13440 3 ipt_REJECT,ipt_state,iptable_filter floppy 47440 0 sg 27552 0 scsi_mod 91344 3 sd_mod,usb_storage,sg microcode 4768 0 dm_mod 33184 0 uhci_hcd 23708 0 button 4504 0 battery 6924 0 asus_acpi 8472 0 ac 3340 0 ipv6 184288 8 ext3 102376 3 jbd 40216 1 ext3 $ /sbin/lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 126f:2168 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000