USB key mounted or not ?

[Alexander Raab]

Vincent Arnoux wrote:

> Hello,
> I am running Fedora Core 3, 2.6.10-1.741_FC3.
> I have a USB key that I can mount without trouble by typing :
> mount -o 
> noauto,user,exec,dev,suid,rw,conv=auto,uid=500,gid=500,umask=000 
> /dev/sda1 /mnt/k/
>
> But my problem is that automatic mount is not working. When I plug the 
> key in nothing happens, but if I look at /var/log/messages, it looks 
> to be OK :
> Jan 18 19:53:23 pc0936 kernel: usb 1-2.4: new high speed USB device 
> using ehci_hcd and address 3
> Jan 18 19:53:27 pc0936 kernel: SCSI subsystem initialized
> Jan 18 19:53:27 pc0936 kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
> Jan 18 19:53:27 pc0936 kernel: scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass 
> Storage devices
> Jan 18 19:53:27 pc0936 kernel: usbcore: registered new driver usb-storage
> Jan 18 19:53:27 pc0936 kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered.
> Jan 18 19:53:32 pc0936 kernel:   Vendor:           Model: USB DISK 
> Pro      Rev: PMAP
> Jan 18 19:53:32 pc0936 kernel:   Type:   
> Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 00
> Jan 18 19:53:32 pc0936 scsi.agent[12372]: disk at 
> /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-2/1-2.4/1-2.4:1.0/host0/target0:0:0/0:0:0:0 
>
> Jan 18 19:53:33 pc0936 kernel: SCSI device sda: 484352 512-byte hdwr 
> sectors (248 MB)
> Jan 18 19:53:33 pc0936 kernel: sda: Write Protect is off
> Jan 18 19:53:33 pc0936 kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through
> Jan 18 19:53:33 pc0936 kernel: SCSI device sda: 484352 512-byte hdwr 
> sectors (248 MB)
> Jan 18 19:53:33 pc0936 kernel: sda: Write Protect is off
> Jan 18 19:53:33 pc0936 kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through
> Jan 18 19:53:33 pc0936 kernel:  sda: sda1
> Jan 18 19:53:33 pc0936 kernel: Attached scsi removable disk sda at 
> scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
> Jan 18 19:53:34 pc0936 fstab-sync[12450]: added mount point 
> /media/USBDISKPRO for /dev/sda1
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> But it's not mounted. If I type "mount" :
> /dev/hda5 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)
> /dev/hda7 on /home type ext3 (rw)
> none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw)
> sunrpc on /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw)
> /dev/hda1 on /mnt/windows type vfat 
> (rw,conv=auto,uid=500,gid=500,umask=000)
>
> Directory /media/USBDISKPRO is empty (key has data). I can access it 
> smoothly if I do a manual mount.
>
> Does anybody have an idea ?
>
> Regards,
> Vincent
>
You have to mount the usb-stick
The automount only creates a entry in fstab.
Just do a mount /media/USBDISKPRO and it work.

Alex