Flash Drives in Debian?

**jdrusmtik9** · 11-16-2005

How can I access my flash drive or Camera via USB in Debian? My SuSE install always detects and mounts them. But Debian doesn't seem to be as competent. How do I go about this?

**Vergil83** · 11-16-2005

you need to edit your /etc/fstab and include a line like

Code:

/dev/sda1      /mnt/usb             vfat       noauto,users,rw   1       0

then

Code:

mkdir /mnt/usb

now you can just mount it manually

**jdrusmtik9** · 11-17-2005

it says premision denied and I was under su.

Any ideas?

**Vergil83** · 11-17-2005

at what point does that come up?

**jdrusmtik9** · 11-17-2005

Originally Posted by Vergil83

at what point does that come up?

Code:

su

Code:

/dev/sda1

then I get the premissions error.

and yes I understand that su is followed by the password. I also tried it by logging in as root

Code:

bash&#58; /dev/sda1&#58; Permission denied

thats exaclty what I get on my screen when logged in as root or james su makes no differnce

**Vergil83** · 11-17-2005

oh, I see. No, that is not what I meant. You need to edit a file, that is called

Code:

/etc/fstab

and add that line I posted. So you could run

Code:

su "-c gedit"

(or replace gedit with your editor of choice, like kate) and then navigate to /etc/fstab
or use vim

Code:

su
vim /etc/fstab

**ericrun** · 11-17-2005

Or you can just run the mount command with all of the options Virgil gave.

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