"wrong fs type" when trying to mount flash drive [SOLVED]

gnychis · Last edited by gnychis on Mon Feb 20, 2006 6:14 am; edited 1 time in total

Hey all,

I'm trying to mount a USB flash drive. I have two, and cannot mount either.

When I plug them in and do "fdisk -l" I get:
FlashDrive1: /dev/sda1 ...... FAT16
FlashDrive2: /dev/sda1 ...... W95 FAT32

I can't mount either, when i try to mount FlashDrive1 with "mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/flashdrive" or "mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/flashdrive" I get:
"mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda1, or too many mounted file systems"

the same goes for FlashDrive2, does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks!
George

Sith_Happens · Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2005 5:20 am Post subject:

What happens if you try mounting the flash drive without the filesystem type specified with the -t flag?
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electrofreak · l33t Joined: 30 Jun 2004 Posts: 713 Location: Ohio, USA

is vfat in your kernel?