To mount a USB "flash" drive add the following line to /etc/fstab.
/dev/sda1 /mnt/usbhd vfat noauto,rw,owner,umask=0,users 0 0
do: mkdir /mnt/usbhd
It shouldn't be necessary, but sometimes re-booting at this point is
required for everything to work correctly.
do: mount /mnt/usbhd
The above is working on Whitebox (WBEL) machines.
Comments on the fstab options:
noauto Don't try to automatically mount at boot time.
rw This is a read/write device, not read-only (ro) like a CD.
owner Dang, I forget what this is for.
umask=0 Allows non-root users to write to it.
users Any user can mount or umount it.
0 0 dump & fsck options
To avoid damage to the flash drive, be sure to umount or power down
before removing.
-mj-
Marshall Paul wrote:
> I have several questions about devices and mounting of
> devices. First, how do I determine what devices I
> have? Second, how do I determine what device is the
> USB device. I am trying to read a memory stick.
> Third what mount command would you use to mount the
> USB memory stick once I know what device it is?
>
> Marshall
>
>
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