Re: mounting compact flash question

chris_at_nospam.com
Date: 10/23/04 

Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 04:32:50 GMT

On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 20:17:46 -0500, paul <paulbon@polarcomm.com>
wrote:

>Paul Lutus wrote:
>
>> paul wrote:
>>
>>> I am unable to mount my compact flash /dev/sda and my Cruzer 256 stick
>>> /dev/sdb. Could someone please give me the command line comands to mount
>>> them.
>>
>> # mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/yourdir
>>
>> Remember, you want to mount a partition, not the entire drive.
>>
>I am having trouble understanding partition, and it's not for lack of
>trying. But please try to explain to me what a partition is. It is not a
>sub-directory or a disk partition, is it?

Yes, it is essentially a disk partition. For example /dev/hda is
usually the handle for the entire disk. When you create a partition,
the first one for example is referenced as /dev/hda1.

Running 'fdisk -l' should show you all the partitions on the system.

>I understand what a directory is, but where should "yourdir" that you
>mentioned be located. And finally how do I link the icons I have installed
>on my desktop to the memory devices?

Anywhere you want, although convention would be to put it under /mnt

>I know this is a lot of questions but I'm having a dickens of a time. I am
>not new to computing, I bought my first TRS-80 in 1983! But I have been
>using Linux for about four months. I have been booting in Windows to
>download pictures and doing everything else on Redhat.
>
>Thanks for the information you have given me and thanks even more if you
>care to answer my laundry list of additional questions.
>
>Paul
>
>
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