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Topic: USB flash drive not mounting!

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atermfan

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Posted: Feb. 27 2007,17:13

$ sudo mount /mnt/sda1
mount: can't find /mnt/sda1 in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab

I tried the same thing with /dev/sda1 instead of /mnt/sda1, but did not work either.

USB port and drive are fine. I tested it in Knoppix.

lucky13

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Posted: Feb. 27 2007,18:35

Quote (atermfan @ Feb. 27 2007,12:13)

You're going to mount it in /mnt, not /dev.

With the pendrive inserted, type (and paste back):
fdisk -l

(Lower-case L.)

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atermfan

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Posted: Feb. 28 2007,03:17

sda1 not listed. Only hda1 and hda2 is.

Why is the sda1 not listed?

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Posted: Feb. 28 2007,06:45

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

That's your reason... Check `fdisk -l` like lucky13 suggested, and there may be some hints in `dmesg` (this problem may be similar to another thread...)