Newbie USB thumb drive problem in FC5-PPC test 3.

[Brian Durant]

Paul Nasrat wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-02-23 at 20:15 +0100, Brian Durant wrote:
> 
>>I am trying to mount my USB thumb drive. Here is my fstab:
> 
> 
>>I have created "/mnt/usbdrive" and "/dev/sdc" is listed in system ->
>>administration -> hardware. The drive is listed as "fat16" I have also
>>tried in the terminal:
>>
>>$ sudo mount fat /dev/sdc
>>mount: you must specify the filesystem type
> 
> 
> mount -t vfat /dev/sdc /mnt/usbdrive
> 
> Note if it's a partition rather than a full drive image you'd
> need /dev/sdc1 for partition 1.  cat /proc/partitions or parted /dev/sdc
> print to check (fdisk won't understand Mac disk labels)
> 
> 
>>I have tried to mount my HFS+ partition on my second SATA drive with the
>>same result, when I used "hfsplus" as fs type. Anyone have any ideas?
> 
> 
> mount -t hfsplus /dev/... /mnt/somewhere
> 
> If things aren't working it's likely to be hal/udev/gnome-user-mount
> fun.
> 
> Paul

Hmmm. Now I don't seem to be getting a hal error anymore. 'sudo mount -t 
vfat /dev/sdc1 /mnt/usbdrive" got the USB drive mounted on the desktop. 
However, when I tried to save a copy of the errors when I tried to mount 
my hfs+ drive in gedit, I got the following message:

"Could not save the file /mnt/usbdrive/mount_hfsplus.txt

You do not have the permissions necessary to save the file. Please, 
check that you typed the location correctly and try again."

I had to do a "sudo gedit" before I could save the text. Here is what I 
got from trying to mount my hfs+ sata hd #2:

"$ sudo mkdir /mnt/osx
$ sudo mount -t hfsplus /dev/sdb3 /mnt/osx
mount: block device /dev/sdb3 is write-protected, mounting read-only
mount: cannot mount block device /dev/sdb3 read-only"

Any ideas?

Cheers,

Brian