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mount fdisk
Posted by naldy on Mon 25 Sep 2006 at 07:53
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How to mount flashdisk like Kingston?
I use mount -t vfat /dev/hdb /mnt/usb , but it can't.
What is the file type of kingston?
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Re: mount fdisk
Posted by Utumno (60.248.xx.xx) on Mon 25 Sep 2006 at 09:08
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First of all, if you're using reasonably recent version of Debian you should see the disk automounted on your desktop. If you dont, try this way: as root, issue the command 
tail -f /var/log/messages
and connect your disk. Here's an example of what pops out in case of an iPod: 
Sep 24 23:52:10 localhost kernel: usb 5-6: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
Sep 24 23:52:10 localhost kernel: usb 5-6: configuration #1 chosen from 2 choices
Sep 24 23:52:10 localhost kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
Sep 24 23:52:10 localhost kernel: scsi2 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Sep 24 23:52:10 localhost kernel: usbcore: registered new driver usb-storage
Sep 24 23:52:10 localhost kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered.
Sep 24 23:52:15 localhost kernel:   Vendor: Apple     Model: iPod              Rev: 1.62
Sep 24 23:52:15 localhost kernel:   Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 00
Sep 24 23:52:15 localhost kernel: SCSI device sdb: 58605120 512-byte hdwr sectors (30006 MB)
Sep 24 23:52:15 localhost kernel: sdb: Write Protect is off
Sep 24 23:52:15 localhost kernel: SCSI device sdb: 58605120 512-byte hdwr sectors (30006 MB)
Sep 24 23:52:15 localhost kernel: sdb: Write Protect is off
Sep 24 23:52:15 localhost kernel:  sdb: sdb1 sdb2 sdb3
Sep 24 23:52:15 localhost kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sdb
Sep 24 23:52:15 localhost kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0
This tells me the iPod's device is called '/dev/sdb' and it contains 3 partitions sdb1, sdb2, sdb3. Now , in order to figure out what is the filesystem type on a given partition, try 
cfdisk /dev/sdb
and you should see something like 
                            cfdisk 2.12r
                         Disk Drive: /dev/sdb
                    Size: 30005821440 bytes, 30.0 GB
           Heads: 255   Sectors per Track: 63   Cylinders: 3648

Name        Flags      Part Type     FS Type       [Label]    Size (MB)
 ----------------------------------------------------------------- --
                       Pri/Log       Free Space               82.26
sdb2        Boot       Primary       W95 FAT32                28870.74
sdb3                   Primary       Linux ext2               1052.84
so , say, sdb3 is an ext2, so to mount it 
mount -t ext2 /dev/sdb3 /your/mountpoint

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