[plug] Having trouble mounting external usb drive

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Hi Adam,

On 3/14/06, Adam Davin <byteme-its at westnet.com.au> wrote:
>
> > >
> > > mount -t vfat /dev/sda /media/usb_drive
> > >
> > > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda,
> > >        missing codepage or other error
> > >        In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
> > >        dmesg | tail  or so
> > >
> > > Can someone shed some light into this.
> > >
>
> You could try explicitly loading the vfat module if it is not already
> compiled into the kernel.
>
> ummm.. something that just comes to mind.. usually sda points to the
> drive itself, not the partitions. You might want to try:
>
> # fdisk -l /dev/sda
>
> This will list the partitions available on the drive. It might be that
> you are trying to mount the drive itself rather than the partitions.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Regards,
>
> --
>
> Adam Davin
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# fdisk -l /dev/sda

Did list the filesystem, but when I try to mount it using -t ntfs or vfat it
still gave me the same error, I have tried -t usbfs, where it mounted it but
it displayed incorrect files...


Thanks for the reply.
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