USB question

SimplyDemented · n00b Joined: 10 Feb 2006 Posts: 1

I am EXTREMELY new to both gentoo and these forums. A friend has set me up with gentoo and I have done some small stuff on my own. However, im trying to learn this stuff myself and sort of break the need of continuosly buggin him (he probably has the name mw007x on these boards)...

Anyway... I am trying to do a very simple task of mounting my usb. Now, I know like mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb (where usb is a dir I made)... however, a few things are thrown in the mix where that doesnt work. First, I have an AMD64 and I have been told that may change things. If that doesnt, the fact that I am setup up with dual boot certainly has thrown things off. I have been searchin how to do this to no avail, so if anyone would be kind enough to give me a hand, id be very greatful...

Please keep in mind too, im an utter n00b here. So telling me something like "oh yeah, go into the blah.conf file" like I have seen in other threads wont do me much good without the full path as I probably have no idea where that blah.whatever is.

Thanks in advance!

ectospasm · Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 3:40 am Post subject:

It's difficult to tell exactly what problems you're having with the information you gave. Have you followed the Gentoo USB Guide? That's the first place you should look for answers.
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mw007 · Apprentice Joined: 08 Nov 2004 Posts: 260

I know I've told you this a few times, but I'll post it here so everyone can see what I've already told you. I mentioned that he should plug the device in, then type 'dmesg' and see what output is given. Here is an example of mine when I plug my USB stick in: