https://www.slackwiki.com/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=USB_Memory_Stick USB Memory Stick - Revision history 2026-04-08T02:41:59Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.40.0 https://www.slackwiki.com/index.php?title=USB_Memory_Stick&diff=199&oldid=prev Erik: Copy from old 2009-06-06T23:34:15Z <p>Copy from old</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[Category:Tips]]<br /> <br /> ==IMPORTANT==<br /> <br /> This information primarily applies to Slackware 11.0 and older; if you're using Slackware 12.0 or newer, you probably want to use [[HAL]] instead.<br /> <br /> ==Prerequisites==<br /> You must have USB support [[Compiling A Kernel|compiled into the kernel]] or [[Modules|loaded as modules]].<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Mounting A USB Memory Stick==<br /> 1)Pick/make a mountpoint. (e.g. &lt;code&gt;/mnt/memstick&lt;/code&gt;)<br /> <br /> 2)Mount the device-<br /> <br /> :If you have an [[fstab]] entry for it: &lt;code&gt;mount &lt;i&gt;mountpoint&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> ::EXAMPLE: &lt;code&gt;mount /mnt/memstick&lt;/code&gt;<br /> <br /> :Otherwise: &lt;code&gt;mount &lt;i&gt;device mountpoint&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> ::EXAMPLE: &lt;code&gt;mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/memstick&lt;/code&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> :: &lt;b&gt;NOTE:&lt;/b&gt; if you have multiple USB devices or Sata/SCSI disks, the device may not be &lt;code&gt;/dev/sda1&lt;/code&gt;, it could be &lt;code&gt;/dev/sdb1&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;/dev/sdc1&lt;/code&gt; or any &lt;code&gt;/dev/sd*&lt;/code&gt;.<br /> <br /> * you can see which devfile (in /dev/*) some devices get assigned by tracking the /var/log/messages (dmesg) changes.<br /> $ su <br /> # tail -f /var/log/messages<br /> <br /> and plug the USB device in the computer. This can be used for any other plug'n'play device.<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Unmounting a USB Memory Stick==<br /> &lt;code&gt;umount &lt;i&gt;mountpoint&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/code&gt;<br /> <br /> :EXAMPLE: &lt;code&gt;umount /mnt/memstick&lt;/code&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Errors and Solutions==<br /> Error: &lt;code&gt;mount: special device /dev/sda&lt;i&gt;x&lt;/i&gt; does not exist&lt;/code&gt;<br /> <br /> Solution: Check to see if &lt;code&gt;/dev/sda&lt;i&gt;x&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/code&gt; exists-<br /> ::::&lt;code&gt;ls /dev/sda*&lt;/code&gt;<br /> ::if &lt;code&gt;/dev/sda&lt;i&gt;x&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/code&gt; does not exist, create it:<br /> ::::&lt;code&gt;mknod -m 666 /dev/sda&lt;i&gt;x&lt;/i&gt; b 8 0&lt;/code&gt;</div> Erik