How to mount pen drive in linux

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i want to mount pen drive. i have suse in my comp .
please suggest.

if u have gnome desktop,most prolly if u insert pendrive,an icon will pop up in ur Desktop with most latest 2.6 kernel distros.otherwise if it is not mounted,use 'mount /dev/sd** /mnt' ,where ur usbdrive is mostly something like /dev/sdb1 if u have only 1 drive etc

It does auto mount in KDE too. Technogeek which version of suse have you got?

^^ What is the filesystem on the pendrive?

Also make sure that your user is part of plugdev and usb groups.

@aditya-Filesystem on pen drives are usually vfat. That's what I read. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

^^ Ya.... But, (I mean, I have not tried it yet, but) if you format it...... can you change the file system? Say, to ntfs, in case of Win XP? (As I said I have not tried it yet... just a theory).

I haven't tried it myself either, but its highly not recommended.