On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 6:42 AM, M. Adam Davis <stienman@gmail.com> wrote:

> # mknod /dev/sda b 8 0
> # mknod /dev/sda1 b 8 1

This is a bit strange. Typically you should not need
to create the device nodes by yourself.

> # chmod 660 /dev/sda
> # chmod 660 /dev/sda1
Not so sure if this should be the right way or not. It is
better to use udev or mdev.

> # fdisk -l /dev/sda
>
> Disk /dev/sda: 514 MB, 514850816 bytes
> 16 heads, 32 sectors/track, 1964 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 512 * 512 = 262144 bytes
>
>   Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
> /dev/sda1   *           1        1964      502768    b  Win95 FAT32
>
> # mkdir /mnt/usb
> # mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb
> mount: Mounting /dev/sda1 on /mnt/usb failed: No such device
> # mount -t vfat /dev/sda /mnt/usb
> mount: Mounting /dev/sda on /mnt/usb failed: No such device

Are you sure vfat is compiled into the kernel?

Xiaofan
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