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My USB drive won't mount! When I try to mount it using this command:



sudo mount -t vfat /dev/sda /media/BackupUSB -o rw,umask=0000



it would just say that it is already mounted or in use, but it doesn't appear in the eject menu. I restarted my Pi and now it says "wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda, missing codepage or helper program, or other error."



I am running Raspbian Stretch, latest version. I am on a Pi B rev. 2.



Edit: I reformatted it and it still says it is busy.










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    My USB drive won't mount! When I try to mount it using this command:



    sudo mount -t vfat /dev/sda /media/BackupUSB -o rw,umask=0000



    it would just say that it is already mounted or in use, but it doesn't appear in the eject menu. I restarted my Pi and now it says "wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda, missing codepage or helper program, or other error."



    I am running Raspbian Stretch, latest version. I am on a Pi B rev. 2.



    Edit: I reformatted it and it still says it is busy.










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      My USB drive won't mount! When I try to mount it using this command:



      sudo mount -t vfat /dev/sda /media/BackupUSB -o rw,umask=0000



      it would just say that it is already mounted or in use, but it doesn't appear in the eject menu. I restarted my Pi and now it says "wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda, missing codepage or helper program, or other error."



      I am running Raspbian Stretch, latest version. I am on a Pi B rev. 2.



      Edit: I reformatted it and it still says it is busy.










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      My USB drive won't mount! When I try to mount it using this command:



      sudo mount -t vfat /dev/sda /media/BackupUSB -o rw,umask=0000



      it would just say that it is already mounted or in use, but it doesn't appear in the eject menu. I restarted my Pi and now it says "wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda, missing codepage or helper program, or other error."



      I am running Raspbian Stretch, latest version. I am on a Pi B rev. 2.



      Edit: I reformatted it and it still says it is busy.







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          Ok, I fixed it.



          I just had to add a 1 in /dev/sda to make it read /dev/sda1.






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                I just had to add a 1 in /dev/sda to make it read /dev/sda1.






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                I just had to add a 1 in /dev/sda to make it read /dev/sda1.







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