Debugging a mount problem

Chris Brittain chris_brittain at yahoo.com
Thu Jul 18 12:32:05 EST 2002


 --- Michael Still <mikal at stillhq.com> wrote: 
> > > a new disc in USB land called "sda".
> 
> > What is the mount command you are trying?
> 
> mount -t msdos /dev/sda /mnt
> 
> > Is the machine hanging?
> 
> No, the mount command just never returns (and new mount
> commands freeze as
> well).
 
Try mount /dev/sda1 rather than /dev/sda.  Works for me with my
DSC-P1.



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