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<DIV>Running RH with complied 2.6.0 kernel</DIV>
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<DIV>I have a USB 128mb flash drive (Lexar Jump drive) that I want to plug in
and<BR>use. I plug it in and put the line in /etc/fstab telling the
/dev/sda1 device<BR>to mount to the /mnt/usbstick directory with the vfat file
type system. Then<BR>I run the command: mount usbstick in the /mnt
directory and get the following<BR>error: mount: /dev/sda1 is not a valid block
device</DIV>
<DIV><BR>Overriding the /etc/fstab and expanding the mount command to: mount -t
vfat<BR>/dev/sda1 /mnt/usbstick produces the same error (in other words the
command<BR>syntax and fstab info are right). I compiled the kernel to
include<BR>verbose usb debug info and when I tail the /var/log/messages file
(kernel<BR>output) I see this after plugging the device in:<BR>Jan 6
22:01:49 shadoweyez kernel: hub 3-0:1.0: new USB device on port<BR>2, assigned
address 3<BR>Jan 6 22:01:49 shadoweyez kernel: usb 3-2: Product: LEXR PLUG
DRIVE<BR>Jan 6 22:01:49 shadoweyez kernel: usb 3-2: Manufacturer: LEXR
PLUG DRIVE<BR>Jan 6 22:01:49 shadoweyez kernel: usb 3-2:
SerialNumber:<BR>000000018452599171200000000000000000000000000<BR>Jan 6
22:01:49 shadoweyez kernel: scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass
Storage<BR>devices<BR>Jan 6 22:01:49 shadoweyez kernel:
Vendor: LEXAR Model: DIGITAL FILM<BR>Rev:
/W1.<BR>Jan 6 22:01:49 shadoweyez kernel: Type:
Direct-Access</DIV>
<DIV><BR>Is there a special kernel option I am not compiling, and what does it
mean<BR>about "invalid block device". The device file sda1 appears like a
normal block device in a /dev listing.</DIV>
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<DIV>BTW, I use the same procedure for the default kernel for RH 8, 2.18-14, and
the flash drive works as normal after issuing the mounting command (works on
many windows systems as well). BTW, why do all the guides for this say to
use sda1 (my system has no SCSI hardware). Does one need to use this sda1,
or can it be mounted "on" another device? What can I do to make it work in
2.6.0?</DIV>
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<DIV>TIA,</DIV>
<DIV>ShadowEyez<BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>