pdc

the dmesg | tail says:

SCSI device sda: 4077568 512-byte hdwr sectors (2088 MB)
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
sda: assuming drive cache: write through
sda: sda1
sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sda
usb-storage: device scan complete
lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven).
lp0: console ready
FAT: Unrecognized mount option "uid=knoppix" or missing value
pdc@box:~$

can anyone advise me on how to be able to read the memory sticks please

devils casper

Hi pdc,

try to mount USB stick manually.
in case mount command throws filesystem error, use -t <file_system> option.

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pdc

thanks: I will try this:

looking at fstab, it seems already mounted;

/dev/sda1 /media/sda1 vfat noauto,users,exec,umask=000,shortname=winnt,uid=kn oppix,gid=knoppix 0 0

could it be the uid=knoppix, gid=knoppix that is causing the problem?

pdc

I am perhaps using the wrong verb: I cannot open sda1

MikeTbob

You could edit fstab like this, to see if it works.
/dev/sda1 /media/sda1 vfat noauto,users,exec,umask=0 0 0

And you don't want to open /dev/sda1 use the mount point /media/sda1

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pdc

I had two problems: could not open memory stick;

a temporary fix of
su mkdir /media/usbdisk
mount /dev/sda1 -t auto /media/usbdisk provided an effective but temporary fix

and when the solution loomed of editing fstab, I could not do this; seeking help,

I was told to open a console and type kdesu kwrite /etc/fstab and whilst the text editor was german-text, I edited it:

/dev/sda1 /media/sda1 auto noauto,users,exec,umask=000,uid=username,gid=users 0 0

I can now open the memory stick easily with Konqueror; thank you all very much;

I hope Google can find this to help any others; I was struck how many texts on editing fstab were written by experts; but little to guide beginners on how to do it!