pendrive not mounting

[Rapael Morcha]

On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 02:35:58PM -0700, biju philip wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I installed ubuntu desktop 7.04 using bootable USB pendrive. when i login, i am not able to connect a new USB pendrive. i get the error message "cannot mount volume. invalid mount operation when attempting to mount the volume". in the browser window, i am able to see the name of the pendrive (jetflash). i tried to connect a USB hard disk also with the same error message. i tried to format the pen drive in windows machine as FAT, FAT32, NTFS. nothing worked. the USB port is working since i am using USB keyboard and mouse. Can anybody help me.

Did you check the mount options in /etc/fstab? Mount options are the one numbered (4) "auto,defaults" below. I believe it should be something like "auto,user,defaults" for vfat.
(1)/dev/sdb1 (2)/media/disk1 (3)ext3 (4)auto,defaults	(5)0       1

man mount(8) and check for mount options for vfat,fat and ntfs (Press "/" and type "-o" in the man page)

If you don't like reading man pages then here - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=mount+USB+ubuntu :)

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Cheers,
Raphael.