ndt-users list created

[Clarke Morledge <>]

Richard,

Thanks for the tip.  It solved the problem. I did it a little differently 
since /media does not exist by default on my Knoppix install, but the idea 
is the same:

sudo mkdir /mnt/sda1
sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1


Clarke Morledge
College of William and Mary
Information Technology - Network Engineering
Jones Hall (Room 18)
Williamsburg VA 23187


On Mon, 28 Aug 2006, Richard Carlson wrote:

> Hi Clarke;
>
> I'm going through my email so this may have been answered already.  Try this.
>
> sudo mkdir /media/sda1
> sudo mount /dev/sda1 /media/sda1
>
> Ofcourse you can make the mount point anywhere.  The other option is to boot 
> the system with the USB drive attached.  That should create the /etc/fstab 
> entry.
>
> Any pointers to making automount work properly would be greatly appreciated. 
> .-)
>
> Rich
> At 04:04 PM 8/25/2006, Clarke Morledge wrote:
> > Scott/Richard,
> >
> > I got the same thing here:
> >
> > sudo mount /dev/sda1
> > mount: can't find /UNIONFS/dev/sda1 in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab
> >
> > This is with an IBM T20 ThinkPad.
> >
> > Clarke Morledge
> > College of William and Mary
> > Information Technology - Network Engineering
> > Jones Hall (Room 18)
> > Williamsburg VA 23187
> >
> > On Fri, 25 Aug 2006, Scott Fringer wrote:
> >
> > > Rich;
> > >  I can't mount the USB drive at all.
> > >  I have the USB stick installed prior to booting the system; does not
> > > appear to be detected.
> > >  When I issue the sudo mount /dev/sda1 <mount point>, it returns:
> > >
> > > mount: can't find /UNIONFS/dev/sda1 in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab
> > >
> > >  Never during any process do I see the activity light on the USB drive
> > > flicker.
> > >  I've verified USB is enabled in the BIOS; and the stick works fine on
> > > another system.
> > >  I'll admit here, now, that this is the first time I've ever attempted
> > > to mount a USB drive under Linux.
> > >
> > > Scott
> > >
> > > Richard Carlson wrote:
> > > > Hi Scott;
> > > >
> > > > Does this mean the automount system failed or you could not manually
> > > > mount the drive?  I don't have the automounter system properly
> > > > configured so automounting fails (any help on this would be 
> > > > appreciated).
> > > >
> > > > Did you check the messages file, or dmesg, to see if the system 
> > > > detected
> > > > the drive being inserted?  Can you manually create a mount point and
> > > > then mount the drive?
> > > >
> > > > It does work slightly better if the USB stick is installed before the
> > > > boot process begins.  In this case the mount point is created and 
> > > > added
> > > > to the /etc/fstab file  It still requires that you manually mount the
> > > > disk, but you don't need to create the mount point.
> > > >
> > > > Rich
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> >
> >
> > Richard A. Carlson                              e-mail: 
> >
> > Network Engineer                                phone:  (734) 352-7043
> > Internet2                                       fax:    (734) 913-4255
> > 1000 Oakbrook Dr; Suite 300
> > Ann Arbor,  MI  48104