[Bio-Linux] USB flash-drive on Bio-linux

[Jose A. Andres]

Tony,
Thanks for your quick answer to my naive question

if I type df I only see
/dev/sda1       mounted on /
 tmpfs             mounted on /dev/shm

 So seems that I am not able to mount the flashdrive (which is formatted
in DOS (can this be the source of error?)

Thanks again,

/Jose

> Jose,
>
> Looking at the messages in your text, have you checked to
> see if the drive *is* already mounted as suggested by the
> error message when you tried to mount /dev/sda? To check
> a mount just
>
> df
>
> - lists all mounted filesystems and their usage
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bio-linux-bounces at envgen.nox.ac.uk
> [mailto:bio-linux-bounces at envgen.nox.ac.uk]On Behalf Of Jose A. Andres
> Sent: 04 May 2006 16:11
> To: bio-linux at envgen.nerc-oxford.ac.uk
> Subject: [Bio-Linux] USB flash-drive on Bio-linux
>
>
> Hi
>
> I am a new (i.e. naive) user of Bio-linux and I've been trying to read
> some files from my Flashdrive but couldn't get into it
>
> On the Konsole (as manager) I typed...
>
> mount /media/usbkey
>
> mount: can't find /media/usbkey in etc/fstab or etc/mac..
>
> I sudo nano /etec/fstad and added  the following line...
>
> /dev/sda/ /media/usbkey vfat user,rw 0 0
>
> Then, I tried the mount commad again...
>
> However, got the following error
>
> mount: /dev/sda/ already mounted or /media/usbkey busy. Please check that
> the disk is entered correctly.
>
> I've also tried to get into the flashdrive with Konqueror
> --->Devices---->sda, but obviously got the same error.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks a lot in advance!
>
> /Jose
>
>
>
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