New to linux, usb Memory help

[poloman]

Hello i just installed debian 3.1 on my laptop, everything works just fine, but i can't get the usb memory to work, do i need to mount it?, and if so how do i do this.

thanks

[Vergil83]

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/deb...ighlight=drive
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/deb...ighlight=drive

[poloman]

this is what i get /dev/sda1 is not a valid block device

[michael_aust]

Most of the USB devices are recognized when you plug them in. Open Konqueror in filemanagement mode (if you are in browser mode press F9) and check if find your device in the Devices list, click on it to mount it.

If the device does not appear in the command line, type this command as root:
tail -F -n6 /var/log/messages

plug in the device and ckeck the output in Konsole, one of the output lines should show something like "sda: sda1" or "sda: unknown partition table" or "sdb: sdb1" or something similar depending on your driver configuration.
depending on the result add one of the following lines in /etc/fstab (open the /etc/fstab file as root) add the line into the static entries portion, the top part of file.

for "sda: sda1" add: /dev/sda1 /mnt/flash vfat noauto,users,exec,umask=000 0 0

for "sda: unknown partition table" add: /dev/sda /mnt/flash vfat noauto,users,exec,umask=000 0 0

for "sdb: sdb1" add: /dev/sdb1 /mnt/flash vfat noauto,users,exec,umask=000 0 0

Save the /etc/fstab file and create a /mnt/flash folder.
Open Konqueror and mount the device.

Camera: If the device appears in KInfoCenter (under "USB Devices") make sure your userid is part of the "camera" group. Use Kuser to modify a user's groups.

That is what I use when usb sticks are not detected for me, works like a charm every time. I just create a link to the icon for the stick on the desktop from the devices section of konquer. Thios was taken straight from the mepislovers wiki www.mepislovers.org

Hope this helps