I have 2Gb micro cruzer scan disk flash drive that doesn't want to mount. I've tried everything but it will not mount. It gives me this error mesaage : Cannot mount volume. Unable to mount the volume. mount_point cannot contain the following characters:newline G _ DIR _ SEPERATOR usually

I cannot say for certain, but I suspect the volume label contains an illegal character.

Please insert the your flash drive and then open a terminal from the menu Applications-> Accessories-> Terminal and type

sudo blkid

Please tell... the output of this command

Thanks

 sudo blkid
[sudo] password for melinda:
/dev/sda1: UUID="dd9680e3-27e7-4d38-a5f8-3e7ffb500731" TYPE="ext3"
/dev/sda3: UUID="6367e5e4-9ea4-4ea0-af81-0ac36f11d933" TYPE="ext3"
/dev/sdb1: SEC_TYPE="msdos" UUID="7013-B2CC" TYPE="vfat"

 sudo blkid
[sudo] password for melinda:
/dev/sda1: UUID="dd9680e3-27e7-4d38-a5f8-3e7ffb500731" TYPE="ext3"
/dev/sda3: UUID="6367e5e4-9ea4-4ea0-af81-0ac36f11d933" TYPE="ext3"
/dev/sdb1: SEC_TYPE="msdos" UUID="7013-B2CC" TYPE="vfat"

Melinda, has the driver been used with windows? If so, was it "properly" ejected? I know flash drives often don't work right if they have not been safely removed from windows. If so, just plug it into a windows computer and then use the "safely remove" option. If that is not the issue then I'm not sure. This is long shot but does the computer in question by chance not have a CD drive? I don't computers without one have issues with flash drives until a change is made and it no longer looks for the CD. Anyway, just a couple thoughts.

Hi Jim! Yes, the driver has been used with windows before as my previous computer was running Windows XP. The computer also has a CD/DVD drive. I also have a Mp3 player and I was able t set it up with out any problems. Thanks you for your suggestions I will try it out and post the results here. Hopefully it will work. God Bless! Bye!

Hi Jim! Well I tried what you said but I still got the same message Unable to mount the volume. mount_point cannot contain the following characters:newline G _ DIR _ SEPERATOR usually.

I am wondering if the drive can be mounted manually. Please insert your flash drive and then open a terminal from the menu Applications-> Accessories-> Terminal and type

sudo mkdir /media/Cruzer
sudo mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /media/Cruzer

Please tell... the output and any errors if you get them.

Thanks

Hi Wyatt! I did what you said and it worked. I'm now able to view my pictures, hear my music, also the flash drive is viewable on my desktop. Thank so much for your help, patience, and also to everyone who helped me out your help was greatly appreciated. God Bless You! Have a Happy Thanksgiving! Also include is the information it gave me. Bye!
melinda@gPC3:~$ sudo mkdir /media/Cruzer
mkdir: cannot create directory `/media/Cruzer': File exists
melinda@gPC3:~$ sudo mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /media/Cruzer
melinda@gPC3:~$ sudo mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /media/Cruzer
mount: /dev/sdb1 already mounted or /media/Cruzer busy
mount: according to mtab, /dev/sdb1 is already mounted on /media/Cruzer
melinda@gPC3:~$
melinda@gPC3:~$ sudo mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /media/Cruzer

Hi! Every time I turn on my computer it says this : Cannot mount volume. Unable to mount the volume. mount_point cannot contain the following characters:newline G _ DIR _ SEPERATOR usually. But then I open a terminal, write what you said sudo mkdir /media/Cruzer
sudo mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /media/Cruzer and my flash drive is working fine again. I s there to keep it mounted all the time?

You might try creating an entry in your /etc/fstab file. Please give this a try.

gksu gedit /etc/fstab

Then add this entry to the bottom.

# USB Sandisk Cruzer 1 GB
UUID=7013-B2CC /media/Cruzer vfat defaults,uid=1000,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 0

Save. Close. Remove jump drive and reboot. Then insert drive to see if it automounts. If it does not mount, it make be a udev issue.

If this works, please mark this as solved. If not you can manually mount by terminal with sudo mount -a. Please tell if any of these suggestions are helpful.

Thanks

Hi Wyatt! Well apparently my device seems to be mounted now. I followed your directions gksu gedit /etc/fstab # USB Sandisk Cruzer 2 GBUUID=7013-B2CC /media/Cruzer vfat defaults 0 0 and it worked. I tried shutting my computer down several times to see if my device would stayed mounted and so far it's stayed mounted. Once again thank you for help. God Bless you! Bye!

Hi all,

Having the same problem on my Jaunty machine. Here's my output for blkid:

/dev/sda1: UUID="EE8460D184609E39" LABEL="PQSERVICE" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sda2: UUID="BEB46149B46104ED" LABEL="SYSTEM RESERVED" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sda3: UUID="A02C62B12C628260" LABEL="eMachines" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sda5: UUID="93a87b7c-e5b3-4534-bf9f-e5af8da8a8aa" TYPE="ext3"
/dev/sda6: TYPE="swap" UUID="edf3a6ff-f3d0-4caf-ad1f-54b651836fee"

Any suggestions?