On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 19:14:27 +0200, Dennis Dlugosch wrote:

> Hi,
> I'm using a Gentoo 1.4 from stage 1 with the Gaming-Sources Kernel (2.4.20)
> . My Problem are my both USB-Sticks (first one is 128MB MP3-Player and the
> other a Sony DSC-P50). I compiled my kernel with all necessary modules and
> this is my /etc/fstab line for my USB-Stick:
>
>
> /dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0/disc /flash vfat defaults,user,noauto 0 0
>
> Now I want to access my files by "mount /flash", and now my system says:
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option bad superblock on
> /dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0/disc or too many file systems.
>
> But I can access my Sticks by "fdisk /dev/sda" and here I can change and
> edit my file systems (the sony is fat12 and the other one is fat16). Can
> anyone help me? I do not even know what the hell I could do now to get my
> sticks running...
>
> Thank you!

Oftentimes such disks have a partition (like a HD) instead of putting the
filesystem directly on the device (like a floppy). So try tacking
"/part1" onto the end of that. While the disk is in, you can see what
partitions are there by looking in the /dev/scsi/... tree.

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