Re: [gentoo-user] Mounting USB Flash Drive

[maxim wexler]

Don't know if it relates to your case but I had a
similar problem until I realized the device was
formatted FAT16. Once I added proper support to my
kernel config it was smooth sailing.

--- Lord Sauron <lordsauronthegreat@×××××.com> wrote:

> Hi - again.
>
> You are totally free to get tired of me and
> completely ignore me.
> Please, just make sure that you all don't do it all
> at the same time ;
> )
>
> Anyways, I've been working to try and mount my USB
> Flash disk so that
> I can use the stuff I backed up from my old Kubuntu
> install.  However,
> /dev/sda1 isn't in /etc/fstab, though usbfs is in
> /etc/mtab.
>
> > Sort of a side thing...  what's the difference
> between fstab and mtab?
>
> Well, I've narrowed it down to at least one thing: I
> don't have a
> mount point for my poor USB Disk.  I looked through
> *all* the 1,400
> some-odd lines in the mount command's man page,
> however, I got no
> clues, not even a related command.  I also # ls /bin
> to see if there
> was anything there...  I didn't see anything that
> made sense to me.
>
> I've only ever mounted stuff using the graphical
> tool that Kubuntu
> supplied, so that's where my ignorance comes from.
>
> Thanks for your help!'
>
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