USB Mass storage device

[Mike Burger]

On Fri, 3 Sep 2004, Nathan Bullock wrote:

> >> This message was sent yesterday, but didn't seem to
> ever appear on the archive list. So I registered, and
> am resending it. Sorry if it duplicated for anyone. <<
> 
> Fedora List,
> 
> Okay I am getting a little frustrated maybe someone
> can see what stupid little thing I am forgetting.
> 
> I have an iRiver (model iFP-780) mp3 player and I am
> trying to mount it to /mnt/usb. I created /mnt/usb. I
> plugged the mp3 player in with the usb cable. I tried
> '/sbin/mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb'. Okay that
> didn't work. Here is some more info:
> 
> /var/log/messages contains this:
> Sep  2 21:45:19 localhost kernel: Initializing USB
> Mass Storage driver...
> Sep  2 21:45:19 localhost kernel: usbcore: registered
> new driver usb-storage
> Sep  2 21:45:19 localhost kernel: USB Mass Storage
> support registered.
> Sep  2 21:45:31 localhost kernel: ohci_hcd
> 0000:00:03.0: wakeup
> Sep  2 21:45:32 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: new full
> speed USB device using address 4
> 
> 'mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb' gives this:
> mount: /dev/sda1 is not a valid block device
>
> Shouldn't the /var/log/messages say something about a
> scsi emulation ...

If you run lsmod, you should see usb_storage listed.

That being said, it's also possible that /dev/sda1 isn't formatted vfat.
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