Problems mounting my USB Harddrive in Ubuntu Breezy

[Brian Craft]

I need help.  I'm running Ubuntu Breezy Colony-4 with all updates as of
now.  I have a USB harddrive that I want to use, but for some reason,
Ubuntu will not allow me to mount it.  I had no problem in Fedora Core 4
and in Windows.  Below is the output of  /var/log/messages, dmesg,
fstab, and mount command.

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This is the /var/log/messages right after I plugin the USB cable to the
harddrive.


Sep  8 18:52:31 localhost kernel: [4298251.577000] usb 3-1: new high
speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4
Sep  8 18:52:31 localhost kernel: [4298251.656000] scsi1 : SCSI
emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Sep  8 18:52:31 localhost usb.agent[8586]:      usb-storage: already loaded
Sep  8 18:52:36 localhost kernel: [4298256.658000]   Vendor: TOSHIBA  
Model: MK3021GAS         Rev: GA12
Sep  8 18:52:36 localhost kernel: [4298256.658000]   Type:  
Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 00
Sep  8 18:52:36 localhost kernel: [4298256.662000] SCSI device sda:
58605120 512-byte hdwr sectors (30006 MB)
Sep  8 18:52:36 localhost kernel: [4298256.665000] SCSI device sda:
58605120 512-byte hdwr sectors (30006 MB)
Sep  8 18:52:37 localhost kernel: [4298256.665000] 
/dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0: p1
Sep  8 18:52:37 localhost kernel: [4298257.164000] Attached scsi disk
sda at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
Sep  8 18:52:37 localhost scsi.agent[8649]:      sd_mod: loaded
sucessfully (for disk)

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dmesg output


[4298251.577000] usb 3-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and
address 4[4298251.656000] scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage
devices
[4298251.658000] usb-storage: device found at 4
[4298251.658000] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
[4298256.658000]   Vendor: TOSHIBA   Model: MK3021GAS         Rev: GA12
[4298256.658000]   Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI
revision: 00
[4298256.662000] SCSI device sda: 58605120 512-byte hdwr sectors (30006 MB)
[4298256.662000] sda: assuming drive cache: write through
[4298256.665000] SCSI device sda: 58605120 512-byte hdwr sectors (30006 MB)
[4298256.665000] sda: assuming drive cache: write through
[4298256.665000]  /dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0: p1
[4298257.164000] Attached scsi disk sda at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
[4298257.167000] usb-storage: device scan complete

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My fstab file:


# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0
/dev/hda2       /               reiserfs notail          0       1
/dev/hda1       /media/hda1     vfat    defaults        0       0
/dev/hda6       /media/hda6     vfat    defaults        0       0
/dev/hda5       none            swap    sw              0       0
/dev/hdc        /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660 user,noauto     0       0
/dev/sda    /media/usbdisk    vfat    defaults    0     0


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When I try to mount from terminal window:


brian at bclaptop:~$ sudo mount -t vfat /dev/sda /media/usbdisk
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda,
       missing codepage or other error
       In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
       dmesg | tail  or so