USB booting :: Format USB



I am having difficulty getting DSL to recognize a new pen drive.  I accidentally wiped it, then reformatted to FAT16, but still can not get it working.  When I try to mount /dev/sda, I get an erroe message "can't find /dev/sda in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab".  What am I doing wrong?
Thanks
Did you boot up with the usb stick plugged in already?

If not, I don't think fstab is regenerated, so you can use "mount /dev/xdxx /mnt/xdxx"
(Also, some usb pens are set up to use the whole device (ie sda) but you might have the usual usb-hdd style (ie sda1 etc.) )
I have experienced difficulties mounting my FAT16 Superfloppy pendrive formated under DSL *after* plugging and succesfully recognizing it into a Windows machine and then going back to my DSL system.

Maybe Windows is doing something besides reading that it shall not do? :)

Note: I am only guessing. Maybe it is totally unrelated.
Quote (^thehatsrule^ @ Feb. 15 2007,10:21)
Did you boot up with the usb stick plugged in already?

If not, I don't think fstab is regenerated, so you can use "mount /dev/xdxx /mnt/xdxx"
(Also, some usb pens are set up to use the whole device (ie sda) but you might have the usual usb-hdd style (ie sda1 etc.) )

I did plug it in after boot. I hadn't rebooted in a long time  (Yea DSL!), so tried rebooting with the stick in.  Ran fdisk, repartitioned and away we go.  Seems to be working OK, I made a couple of test files, sent them to the pen, and they were there safe and sound.  Thanks!!!!

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