mounting after booting

Forum: Other Help Topics
Topic: mounting after booting
started by: libretto

Posted by libretto on July 08 2004,22:13

Ive had a quick search, but found no definite answer on how to or if it is possible to mount a USB memory stick (just files) once the machine has booted into DSL proper, instead of haivng to reboot

Posted by cbagger01 on July 09 2004,02:50

Will probably work:

Plug in USB drive. Wait a couple seconds.

Open an Xterminal Window.

Type in the following:

mkdir /mnt/sda1
mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1
exit

OR:

mkdir /mnt/sda
mount -t vfat /dev/sda /mnt/sda
exit

If command not allowed, you may need to type in "sudo su" before running the commands mentioned about.

HTH

Posted by clivesay on July 09 2004,03:54

I just noticed something strange with my card reader. It doesn't seem to be detected in mount.app. Mount.app shows sda and will not mount. However, if I go to the terminal and type "mount /dev/sda1" it mounts perfectly. Any ideas why mount.app won't cooperate? Thanks

Chris

BTW - this was in .7.1. Thanks

Chris

Posted by clivesay on July 09 2004,04:43

Never Mind!!

When I rebooted everything mounted. I guess you have to have the card inserted at boot and can't mount it via mount.app after you are in X.

Posted by libretto on July 10 2004,19:40

Cheers for the info, forgot about the '-t vfat' option. :laugh: