USB SanDisk doesn't work

[Mike - EMAIL IGNORED]

On Mon, 06 Aug 2007 17:29:07 -0400, Randy Ramsdell wrote:

> Mike - EMAIL IGNORED wrote:
>> On Mon, 06 Aug 2007 16:36:16 -0400, Randy Ramsdell wrote:
>>
>>   
>>> Mike - EMAIL IGNORED wrote:
>>>     
>>>> [quoted text muted]
>>>>       
>>> First check to see if it is mounted.
>>>
>>> df -h  (will show the the mounts)
>>>
>>> If it isn't mounted try this:
>>>
>>> mount -t filestems_type    disk   mountpoint
>>>
>>> EG:
>>>
>>> mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /mount_point 
>>>
>>> (NOTE:  Choose your mount point to a directory that is there. Maybe
>>> "/mnt" be sure not to squash another filesystem that me be mount)
>>>     
>>
>> No luck.  Here is a (somewhat edited) log:
>>
>> # put thumb in
>> # /mnt/usb exists
>>
>> [root at mbrc15 ~]# ls /dev/sdb
>> /dev/sdb
>> [root at mbrc15 ~]# ls /dev/sdb/
>> ls: cannot access /dev/sdb/: Not a directory
>> [root at mbrc15 ~]# mount -t vfat /dev/sdb /mnt/usb
>> mount: No medium found
>> [root at mbrc15 ~]# mount -t vfat /dev/sdb0 /mnt/usb
>> mount: special device /dev/sdb0 does not exist
>> [root at mbrc15 ~]# mount -t vfat /dev/sdb/0 /mnt/usb
>> mount: special device /dev/sdb/0 does not exist
>>        (a path prefix is not a directory)
>>
>> [root at mbrc15 ~]# mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /mnt/usb
>> mount: special device /dev/sdb1 does not exist
>> [root at mbrc15 ~]# 
>>   
> 
> It says no medium found, interesting. Forget about anything other than
> /dev/sdb{1,2,3, etc...} and my guess is that we only need to look for
> "/dev/sdb1." I am confused here since it says "no medium found" and
> obviously there is a medium showing up according to your previous posts.
> Let me check some things and post tomorrow, if it hasn't been fixed.
> 
> Anyone else?

Perhaps I should mention that I used Custom software
selection when I installed the system.  I may have
omitted something I shouldn't have.

Mike.