Re: [ossig] problem with thumb drive

[Ng Swee Meng <sweemenghacker@xxxxxxxxx>]

i uses mandrake 10.1 community. i add two line in my
fstab file /dev/sda1 /mnt/usbdrive1 auto noauto,user 0
0 /dev/sda2 /mnt/usbdrive2 auto noauto,user 0 0
--- owner-ossig@mncc.com.my <harish.pillay@gmail.com>
wrote:
> > i have problem configure a pendrive with 2
partition
> > on linux.
> 
> USB drives are accessed via the SCSI subsystem and
> typically the first partition is /dev/sda1 and 2nd
/dev/sda2
> etc (assuming that you do not already have scsi
drives).
> 
> > i test it on windows xp, one partition is
recognise as
> > a drive E(behave like as ordinary pendrive),
another
> > is regognise as floppy disk,
> > 
> > how do i configure it on linux?
> 
> Try mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1 for the 1st one
> and mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/sda2 for the 2nd.  I am
assuming
> that you have a directory in /mnt/sda1 and
/mnt/sda2. 
> 
> Also, since you did not mention the version of Linux
you 
> are running, I am giving a generic response.
> 
> > what should add to the fstab file?
> > 
> > i did configure a pendrive on linux before( and
all
> > have only one partition on it).
> 
> in my /etc/fstab:
> /dev/sda1               /mnt/usb1         vfat  
> pamconsole,noatime,sync,exec,noauto,managed 0 0
> /dev/sda2               /mnt/usb2         ext3   
> pamconsole,noatime,sync,exec,noauto,managed 0 0
> 
> Mine has usb1 as a vfat and usb2 as ext3.  Change
> it to suit your purposes.
> 
> HTH.
> 
> Harish
> 
> 
>
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