Mount issue

[Jim Smith]

David Fox wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 9:20 PM, Jim Smith <jim at oz.net> wrote:
>   
>> This is the output of dmesg:
>>
>> jim at JimsBook:~$ dmesg | tail
>> [18045.327363] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
>> [18045.327370] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 2d 08 00 00
>> [18045.327375] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
>> [18045.328607] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] 488397168 512-byte hardware sectors
>> (250059 MB)
>> [18045.329236] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
>> [18045.329243] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 2d 08 00 00
>> [18045.329247] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
>> [18045.329253]  sdb: sdb1
>>     
>
> This is telling you that the discovered device/partition is sdb1, so
> you should try to mount /dev/sdb1.
>
> $ sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt
>
> should work, but I think your problem may be the volume label, as it
> has spaces. There's no big deal to have spaces in directory or file
> names in Linux, but it's not desirable to do so, as it plays havoc
> with shells.
>
> Try renaming the volume label on the drive, or get its UUID and mount that way.
>
>   
Tried that, but no joy. This USB drive has always worked before.
Re-trying the insertion gives the same error message as above. I'm
baffled as to why it should suddenly not work. It still works in
Windows. I will try it on another Linux box when I can get to one.

Thank you

Jim