Thanks again, John! This does not work for me. On Thu, 22 Nov 2012 19:23:27 -0800 John Wendel <jwendel10@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 11/22/2012 06:41 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > sudo mount /dev/sdb /mnt/myusb > > The "blkid" command will give you more info about the device > > sudo blkid -p /dev/sdb > > will show you the partition type ( like PTTYPE="dos" ), if there is one. > > sudo blkid -p /dev/sdb1 > > will show you the filesystem type of partition 1 > > /dev/sdd1: LABEL="WD1000" UUID="694b6f8b-42e6-49e8-be51-5806e5e315e9" > SEC_TYPE="ext2" VERSION="1.0" TYPE="ext3" USAGE="filesystem" > PART_ENTRY_SCHEME="dos" PART_ENTRY_TYPE="0x83" PART_ENTRY_NUMBER="1" sudo blkid -p /dev/sdb error: /dev/sdb: No medium found sudo blkid -p /dev/sdc error: /dev/sdc: No medium found Btw, for context, here is the background to this device: it is a tablet (ARNOVA 10). From my e-mail of earlier this afternoon.... "I am using F17 (LXDE) but this is not really the issue here. So, I had this old Arnova 10 tablet which I wanted to unroot, and install Android 2.2 (from 2.1) so I flashed the apprpriate image using the USB connection and all appeared well. However, during the touchscreen calibration stage, the calibration did not get done correctly (or much at all from what I can tell). Looking around, this seems to be happen and the way to get around it is to go in and remove the necessary files. The trouble however is that I can no longer mount the USB so I can not enter the device. When I mount the USB onto my F17, I get the following: Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0bb4:0c02 High Tech Computer Corp. Dream / ADP1 / G1 / Magic / Tattoo (Debug) however, this does not get mounted. Actually, the screen of the tablet says "USB connected" but unfortunately also "USB debugging connected". (And the latter is the problem: the issue appears to be that the latter has to be disabled, which can only be done using the touchscreen, which is not recognized.) Btw, I can not attach a mouse or a keyboard to the tablet either because the USB mode has to be activated (done using a touchscreen again). Also, there is some paperclip press on some reset hole that should reset the device to factory settings, but absolutely nothing happens (my fingers become sore from pushing the clip interminably). Question: is there a way to "force" linux (F17) to mount the USB as a storage device? I understand the naivette of this question, but is something else possible?" Many thanks again and best wishes! Ranjan > try > > sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/myusb > > The -t argument takes a filesystem type - "vfat" is very commonly used > on usb devices, so try > > sudo mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /mnt/myusb > > But mount should figure this out automagically. > > Regards, > > John > > > -- > users mailing list > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org -- Important Notice: This mailbox is ignored: e-mails are set to be deleted on receipt. For those needing to send personal or professional e-mail, please use appropriate addresses. ____________________________________________________________ FREE 3D EARTH SCREENSAVER - Watch the Earth right on your desktop! Check it out at http://www.inbox.com/earth -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org