Gentoo Question: How do I mount SD without an entry in my fstab file

[Flambois]

I am up to the point of copying the stage4 gzip file to my hdd and I don't seem to be able to mount my SD card (which contains the gzip file). Is this possible to do without having created an entry in my fstab file. I believe at this point all I would have done is created the filesystem on the HDD, so I don't believe I have an fstab file that I can add the entry to yet.

Also, I would have used help, but help is currently disabled

[dwmyers]

The gentoo installation runs off a live cd, correct? Doesn't the live cd have a fstab? Now, having said -that-, I don't think the mount command requires an entry in /etc/fstab.

If you don't believe me, google 'man mount' or 'man mount linux'.

You'll need to identify the device that the SD card uses to mount it. You'll need to identify the filesystem of the card (good chance it's vfat, but I don't own a SD card and I can't guarantee that). If for now we say the device is /dev/sdcard then the commands to mount would be something like:

mkdir /a
mount -t vfat /dev/sdcard /a

David.

[cyanide]

You don't need to add an entry to /etc/fstab to mount it.
Just type in dmesg | more
Then look at the output. At some point, it will show you that an SD card has been mounted at something like /dev/sdX with the partition being something like /dev/sdX1 or /dev/sdX2.
Just mount that:
mkdir /mnt/usb
mount /dev/sdX1 /mnt/usb
Then just copy it from there.

[asong26]

So far, it seems all of the PS3 hardware identifiers are fixed. Follow Cyan's directions, but just imply use:

/dev/sdd1

So.., it would be:

mkdir /mnt/sd
mount /dev/sdd1 /mnt/sd

Done.

[Flambois]

Great, thanks guys. I'll give that a try shortly!

Oh, and one thing I also want to try is to see if I can mount my MA701 compact flash WIFI, or SD-based Sandisc WIFI + 256MB cards to get wifi happening. I'm not holding my breath but if I have any luck I'll be sure to report back on that.

[asong26]

Originally Posted by Flambois

Great, thanks guys. I'll give that a try shortly!

Oh, and one thing I also want to try is to see if I can mount my MA701 compact flash WIFI, or SD-based Sandisc WIFI + 256MB cards to get wifi happening. I'm not holding my breath but if I have any luck I'll be sure to report back on that.

Actually, that's a great idea! Since there is no driver available currently for the built in wifi of PS3, maybe an external version would work. Let us know how that goes....