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Old 08-31-2008, 11:34 PM
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HI when I try to mount my USB pendrive with RHEL 5. I m getting error msg:
mount: special device /dev/sda1 doesnt exist.
I am applying the following command

# mkdir /mnt/usbpen
#mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usbpen

Pls let me know where i have mistaken.
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You need to run following to see exact name (partition name) of usb pen:
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fdisk -l
dmesg | less
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