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Posted: Feb. 27 2007,02:59 QUOTE

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sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1
mount: /dev/sda1 is not a valid block device

Why would it not mount?
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Posted: Feb. 27 2007,06:31 QUOTE

it means that you have SATA hard drive or there is no such partition.

if you have IDE HD try hda1 insteaad of sda1. it will work if hda1 is present.


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Posted: Feb. 27 2007,06:53 QUOTE

What are you talking about?

I do not have a SATA.

Why would I want to mount hda1 instead of sda1?  hda1 is my swap.

I specifically mentioned that it is a USB flash drive in the title.
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Posted: Feb. 27 2007,09:57 QUOTE

myself too sleepy.. i dint see tat.

this is normally the text occurance when device is not detected or incompatible. remove and connect it again properly. it may work


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Posted: Feb. 27 2007,10:00 QUOTE

Quote (atermfan @ Feb. 26 2007,21:59)
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sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1
mount: /dev/sda1 is not a valid block device

Why would it not mount?

Because the mount point is already set by hotplug. Try this:
sudo mount /mnt/sda1

Alternatively, you can look in /mnt using emelfm (as super user) or ls it in a terminal and make sure hotplug has set the mount point for your flash drive. It should be sda1, sdb1, sdc1, etc., depending how many memory devices you use (with other numbers if any is partitioned). You can then right-click on the mount point and select mount.


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