[ale] Not valid block device error

[Geoffrey]

Sunmeet Saluja wrote:
> I'm currently running RH7.3 2.4.20-28 kernel, and when I try to mount a 
> USB Memory Stick, I get the following error:
> 
> [root at tazenda sunny]# mount /mnt/usbstick/
> mount: /dev/sdc1 is not a valid block device
> 
> /etc/fstab on my machine looks like:
> 
> [root at tazenda sunny]# cat /etc/fstab
> LABEL           /                  ext3    defaults        1 1
> none            /dev/pts           devpts  gid=4,mode=620  0 0
> none            /proc              proc    defaults        0 0
> none            /dev/shm           tmpfs   defaults        0 0
> /dev/sdb2        swap              swap    defaults        0 0
> /dev/cdrom      /mnt/cdrom         iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0
> /dev/cdrom1     /mnt/cdrom1        iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0
> /dev/fd0        /mnt/floppy        auto    noauto,owner,kudzu 0 0
> /dev/sdc1       /mnt/usbstick      auto    noauto,user     0 0
> 
> 
> I've even tried changing that last line in fstab to:
> /dev/sdc1        /mnt/usbstick     iso9660 udf,noauto,user   0 0

memory sticks are generally vfat try something like:

/dev/sdc1 /media/usbstick vfat noauto,user,exec 0 0


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Until later, Geoffrey                     Registered Linux User #108567
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