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I have been trying to access a USB Drive using FAT32 I have created mount directory /mnt/usbdrive I have tried running mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /mnt/usbdrive I get the following ...
  1. 03-10-2009 #1
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    USB Drive

    I have been trying to access a USB Drive using FAT32

    I have created mount directory /mnt/usbdrive
    I have tried running mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /mnt/usbdrive

    I get the following message "/dev/sda1 is not a valid block device"

    How do I find out what string I should use for the block device ? How do I look up what linux has called the USB drive ?

    Thanks

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    I'd suggest just naming the device itself. Easiest way to do this, download gparted

    sudo apt-get install gparted

    open it from system-> administration -> partition editor

    then select the pen drive (upper right corner drop down menu)

    Right click the partition, unmount if mounted, make a label. Unplug and replug the pen drive and it'll mount at /media/LABEL (whatever Label name you give).

    Usually easier than getting you to post your fstab and fdisk -l
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    Plug in USB Drive and execute this in Terminal :
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    sudo fdisk -l
    Check which device name has been assigned to USB Drive.
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