[plug] Re: trying to read 128mb usb memory stick in Mandrake 9.2

[Adam Ashley]

in linux, if its not ide, then its scsi. USB drives, SATA drives and
parallel port drives are all mapped to the scsi subsystem.

Adam

On Mon, 2004-12-06 at 19:25 +0800, David Buddrige wrote:
> Hi Guys, 
> 
> Figured it out: 
> 
> mount -t vfat /dev/sda /mnt/mem-stick 
> 
> For some reason linux see's it as a scsi device.  It works anyway. 8-) 
> 
> cheers 
> 
> David. 
> 
> David Buddrige writes: 
> 
> > Hi all,  
> > 
> > I have a 128mb usb memory stick, that I have copied some files onto, from 
> > my father's computer - since he doesn't have a floppy drive at all on his 
> > new laptop.  I am wanting to put these files onto my own computer.  The 
> > problem is, that when I plug the usb memory stick into the usb ports on my 
> > laptop running mandrake 9.2, it does not seem to auto-detect it or 
> > anything.  
> > 
> > I tried to mount it manually, by using the command:  
> > 
> > mount -t vfat /dev/usb /mnt/memory-stick/  
> > 
> > but it turns out that /dev/usb is a directory - not a device, and it does 
> > not have anything in the directory.  
> > 
> > I've been searching through google, but so far to no avail.  Anyone got 
> > some suggestions on how to mount a usb memory stick?  
> > 
> > thanks heaps guys  
> > 
> > David Buddrige. 8-)
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