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From: Chris Hill <chris@monochrome.org>
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Subject: Re: What's that filesystem for a usb flash drive?
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On Sat, 25 Mar 2006, Saul Mena Avila wrote:

> Hello!. I've been trying to mount my flash memory but it just doesn't 
> let me.
> I use (as root):
>
> mount -t msdosfs /dev/ad0 /flash
>
> The feedback is something like "device ad0 doesn't allow action" Can 
> anybody help me?

Are you sure that /dev/ad0 is actually your flash device? That doesn't 
look right to me. What is the physical interface to your flash memory? 
That is, is it USB, a PCMCIA card, or what?

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