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can't mount (ntfs?) usb memory stick
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| drdavidwaller@gmail.com 2006-08-22, 7:21 pm |
| I am trying to mount a usb memory stick that I think might be set up
with NTFS as the file system. Is it possible to use an NTFS USB memory
stick with Linux (Fedora Core 2)?
I've tried a number of possible solutions but to no avail. The memory
stick is recognized by the system (appears in hardware profile
available from menu with correct manufacturer's info) but I can't read
any of the files on it (or successfully mount it).
This is what I get when I try to do a generic mount:
>mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/memflash
mount: fs type ntfs not supported by kernel
I tried forcing the mount with type vfat, but that didn't work either:
>mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/memflash
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda1, or too
many mounted file systems
If I try
>mount -t ubsdevfs /dev/sda1 /mnt/memflash
I don't get an error message, but I don't see anything useful in
/mnt/memflash
>ls /mnt/memflash
001
002
003
004
005
devices
The file "devices" includes some info about the memory stick in the
last section (under bus 1), but I can't see the files that are on the
stick and I can't write to the memory stick.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Dave
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| Lasse Jensen 2006-08-22, 7:21 pm |
| drdavidwaller@gmail.com wrote:
> I am trying to mount a usb memory stick that I think might be set up
> with NTFS as the file system. Is it possible to use an NTFS USB memory
> stick with Linux (Fedora Core 2)?
>
> I've tried a number of possible solutions but to no avail. The memory
> stick is recognized by the system (appears in hardware profile
> available from menu with correct manufacturer's info) but I can't read
> any of the files on it (or successfully mount it).
>
> This is what I get when I try to do a generic mount:
>
> mount: fs type ntfs not supported by kernel
>
> I tried forcing the mount with type vfat, but that didn't work either:
>
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda1, or too
> many mounted file systems
>
> If I try
>
>
> I don't get an error message, but I don't see anything useful in
> /mnt/memflash
>
> 001
> 002
> 003
> 004
> 005
> devices
>
> The file "devices" includes some info about the memory stick in the
> last section (under bus 1), but I can't see the files that are on the
> stick and I can't write to the memory stick.
>
> Any ideas?
To point out the obvious. Have you tried /dev/sda instead of /dev/sda1?
--
Lasse Jensen [fafler at g mail dot com]
Linux, the choice of a GNU generation.
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| Poly-poly man 2006-08-22, 7:21 pm |
| drdavidwaller@gmail.com wrote:
> I am trying to mount a usb memory stick that I think might be set up
> with NTFS as the file system. Is it possible to use an NTFS USB memory
> stick with Linux (Fedora Core 2)?
>
> I've tried a number of possible solutions but to no avail. The memory
> stick is recognized by the system (appears in hardware profile
> available from menu with correct manufacturer's info) but I can't read
> any of the files on it (or successfully mount it).
>
> This is what I get when I try to do a generic mount:
>
> mount: fs type ntfs not supported by kernel
>
> I tried forcing the mount with type vfat, but that didn't work either:
>
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda1, or too
> many mounted file systems
>
> If I try
>
>
> I don't get an error message, but I don't see anything useful in
> /mnt/memflash
>
> 001
> 002
> 003
> 004
> 005
> devices
>
> The file "devices" includes some info about the memory stick in the
> last section (under bus 1), but I can't see the files that are on the
> stick and I can't write to the memory stick.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> Dave
Unless you specifically put NTFS on the stick, it's unlikely.
If there is any other usb drive or scsi device or anything, you may need to
use /dev/sdb1. Try it anyway.
poly-p man
--
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Help!! I'm being Nibbled to death by cats!!!
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| Whoever 2006-08-22, 7:21 pm |
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On Tue, 22 Aug 2006, drdavidwaller@gmail.com wrote:
> I am trying to mount a usb memory stick that I think might be set up
> with NTFS as the file system. Is it possible to use an NTFS USB memory
> stick with Linux (Fedora Core 2)?
>
> I've tried a number of possible solutions but to no avail. The memory
> stick is recognized by the system (appears in hardware profile
> available from menu with correct manufacturer's info) but I can't read
> any of the files on it (or successfully mount it).
>
> This is what I get when I try to do a generic mount:
>
> mount: fs type ntfs not supported by kernel
Did you try
modprobe ntfs
before attemtping to mount it?
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| Thanks for the idea, but the warning I get is
> mount /dev/sda /mnt/memstick
mount: /dev/sda already mounted or /mnt/memstick busy
Cheers,
David
Lasse Jensen wrote:
> drdavidwaller@gmail.com wrote:
>
>
> To point out the obvious. Have you tried /dev/sda instead of /dev/sda1?
>
> --
> Lasse Jensen [fafler at g mail dot com]
> Linux, the choice of a GNU generation.
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| Thanks, Poly-poly man! Your suggestion to mount /dev/sdb1 worked! That
was easy 
Cheers,
David
Poly-poly man wrote:
> drdavidwaller@gmail.com wrote:
>
>
> Unless you specifically put NTFS on the stick, it's unlikely.
>
> If there is any other usb drive or scsi device or anything, you may need to
> use /dev/sdb1. Try it anyway.
>
> poly-p man
> --
> There's no place like ~
> Help!! I'm being Nibbled to death by cats!!!
> "Cardboard is the scourge of humanity, but oh, so very tasty."
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