Re: YAUKQ - Yet another usb key question...

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replace "/dev/sda1" in the mount command with whatever device it's being assigned to (you should see that in the dmesg output). also, why are you using msdos instead of vfat?

---- Casey Boone <caseyboone@gmail.com> wrote: 
> check dmesg to make sure that it is even being recognized
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> Ken Keefe wrote:
> > I'm hoping a I can get a little troubleshooting help from the list about
> > getting a USB key to work. On other linux systems (mostly fedora) I have
> > just plugged the key into my system and an icon appears on the desktop
> > and the key is mounted in /media. On my laptop (which is running FC4)
> > this nice automount feature doesn't seem to be working... I tried
> > mounting it by hand by creating a directory (/media/usbkey) and giving
> > the following command:
> >
> > # mount -t msdos /dev/sda1 /media/usbkey
> >
> > However, it complains that /dev/sda1 doesn't exist and rightly so. So,
> > what is the next step here?
> >
> > Thanks ahead of time,
> > Ken
> >
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