Glenn Meyer said:
> Thanks to Eben and Daniel, we're very close!
>
> Yes, dmesg included the following...
>
<snip>
> I can mount it...
> [root@m700l dev]# mount -t usbfs /dev/sda /mnt/usb (is -t usbfs ok?)
> [root@m700l dev]# mount
> /dev/hda2 on / type ext3 (rw)
> none on /proc type proc (rw)
> none on /sys type sysfs (rw)
> none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
> usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)
> none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
> none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw)
> sunrpc on /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw)
> /dev/sda on /mnt/usb type usbfs (rw)
Coming into this late, not sure if it has been answered, but you are on
the right track. You do *not* want to use usbfs. Try vfat instead:
# mount -t vfat /dev/sda /mnt/usb
# ls /mnt/usb
usbfs is not intended for this use; check out the following link for more
info:
http://www.linux-usb.org/USB-guide/x173.html
Matt
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