Mounting usb in OpenVZ VPS

[starfry]

Hello,

I have a running VPS built from the 8.04 minimal template.

I have enabled a USB flash device and made the mount point:


# vzctl set 247 --devices b:8:33:rw
# vzctl exec 247 mknod /dev/sdc1 b 8 33


But I can't mount it:


root@vz247:~# mount /dev/sdc1 /mnt
mount: you must specify the filesystem type
root@vz247:~# mount -t vfat /dev/sdc1 /mnt
mount: unknown filesystem type 'vfat'
root@vz247:~# mount -t msdos /dev/sdc1 /mnt
mount: unknown filesystem type 'msdos'
root@vz247:~#


My kernel is the standard one from the OpenVZ apt package:


root@vz247:~# uname -a
Linux vz247 2.6.24-24-openvz #1 SMP Thu Feb 19 11:08:06 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
root@vz247:~#


I can mount it successfully on the HE with a simple

root@he240:~# mount /dev/sdc1 /mnt
root@he240:~#



Any ideas what am I doing wrong?

Thanks!

[starfry]

Bind mounting is the solution: Mount as normal on the HE and then bind mount to /vz/root/vps_id/....