problems mounting thumb drive

[DimGR]

mount
/dev/hda7 on / type ext2 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
none on /proc type proc (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)
/dev/hdb5 on /mnt/hdb5 type ntfs (ro,nosuid,nodev,umask=000)



when i right click on desktop and choose new drive sda1 i get this error :

wrong filesystem bad block or to many filesystems mounted


i already tried to manually mount it but it did not help at all.

[Hayl]

do you have all the required modules loaded?

i.e. usb-storage

did you search the forums before posting? there are a number of threads on how to mount usb storage devices already.

[Choozo]

Your /etc/fstab don't have an entry for /dev/sda1

[mdwatts]

Originally posted by Choozo
Your /etc/fstab don't have an entry for /dev/sda1

That should be it as the device must exist in /etc/fstab before you can create a desktop link.

[DimGR]

Originally posted by mdwatts
That should be it as the device must exist in /etc/fstab before you can create a desktop link.

how do i create an entry in fstab?

[Choozo]

Originally posted by DimGR
how do i create an entry in fstab? Open the file (as root) in your favorite text editor, and add the entry.