To mount a USB "flash" drive add the following line to /etc/fstab.

/dev/sda1 /mnt/usbhd 	vfat	noauto,rw,owner,umask=0,users	0 0

do:	mkdir /mnt/usbhd

It shouldn't be necessary, but sometimes re-booting at this point is 
required for everything to work correctly.

do:	mount /mnt/usbhd

The above is working on Whitebox (WBEL) machines.

Comments on the fstab options:

noauto	Don't try to automatically mount at boot time.
rw	This is a read/write device, not read-only (ro) like a CD.
owner	Dang, I forget what this is for.
umask=0	Allows non-root users to write to it.
users	Any user can mount or umount it.
0 0	dump & fsck options

To avoid damage to the flash drive, be sure to umount or power down 
before removing.

-mj-

Marshall Paul wrote:

> I have several questions about devices and mounting of
> devices.  First, how do I determine what devices I
> have?  Second, how do I determine what device is the
> USB device.  I am trying to read a memory stick. 
> Third what mount command would you use to mount the
> USB memory stick once I know what device it is?
> 
> Marshall
> 
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