USB Flash Memory

[new_comer]

greetings,

Hi all! I've bought a USB Flash Memory Stick which runs well in Window platform but it doesn't work in Linux. Could anyone tell me how can I have it work in Linux (Red Hat) ??


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[firepages]

what version of redhat ?... not that I know redhat very well but I assumed later versions had usb hotpug detection?

to see if your USB stick has been recognized, at a terminal
# cat /proc/bus/usb/devices

if your device is listed there .. make a directory /mnt/usb
now I am assuming that the device will be at /dev/sda1 or /dev/sda4 , run
# fdisk /dev/sda -l

which should show you the exact partition number ... then (assuming 1 as the partition number)
# mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb

you may have to specify the filesystem (# mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb) type though if mount does not auto detect it then you are probably going to have other issues anyway

[new_comer]

Greetings,

Many thanks Firepages! My linux distribution is RHL 9. I'll run your solution on my machine. Thanks.


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[new_comer]

Many thanks Firepages..!

It works..! Many thanks your advices! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:


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[swong7]

was wondering the same thing as well, thanks firepages for the detailed instructions