HOW to mount an usbstick under gentoox thanks.

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BADTUX
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HOW to mount an usbstick under gentoox thanks.

Post by BADTUX »

Hello.

I don't know how to mount an usbstick in fatx under gentoox.
what's the command lines?
nobspangle
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Post by nobspangle »

you'll need to modprobe the modules

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modprobe sd_mod
modprobe usb-storage
then make a mount point and mount it

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mkdir /mnt/stick
mount /dev/sda /mnt/stick
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littlespud
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Post by littlespud »

will this work on fat32 stick as well?
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Post by snipes »

yea it should. might need to change it tho. like this

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mount -t msdos /dev/sda /mnt/stick
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Post by dmp »

-t vfat, surely?

David
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