15 Apr
2014
15 Apr
'14
2:42 a.m.
On Apr 14, 2014, at 7:23 PM, John R Pierce pierce@hogranch.com wrote:
On 4/14/2014 6:06 PM, Rob Kampen wrote:
I recently received an 8GB usb stick that fails to mount on my fully patched CentOS 6.5 desktop machine.
The stick works just fine on a windoze 7 laptop (my daughter's) with no special drivers installed.
most USB sticks are formatted FAT32
Also keep in mind that the partition type is only a *hint*. It's just a flag that's set in the partition. What is actually in the partition does not need to match what is on the disk.
Some utilities will use it for autodetection purposes, etc., and some will completely ignore it and blindly do whatever you ask.
"file" is a good tool to find out what's actually on the partition.
--Russell