Using USB keys/thumbdrives/pen drives

[arthur]

First, plug the thing in :D then open a terminal, and type "dmesg". This is just to check if Linux detects the drive properly.

 

Then su to root, and make a folder in /mnt:

su
<password>
cd /mnt/
mkdir foldername

Then edit /etc/fstab by inserting the lines (press "i" to insert)

/dev/sdaX /mnt/foldername vfat user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,noauto,umask=0 0 0

Of course replace X in sdaX with the number you saw in "dmesg" and "foldername" with the actual name you gave to the folder in /mnt/ which is entirely up to you. If you want it as read-only, insert a "ro" in between commas in the code above.

 

To mount the drive, just open a terminal and type "mount /dev/sdaX" and unmount by "umount /dev/sdaX" The drive will then appear on the KDE/GNOME desktop.

[nickg78]

Hi,

 

I've just found that Mandrake 10 automatically detects any USB drives I connect and mounts them at /mnt/removable

B)

Edited May 1, 2004 by nickg78

[Guest Med]

Hi,

 

I've just found that Mandrake 10 automatically detects any USB drives I connect and mounts them at /mnt/removable

B)

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Could you post your /etc/fstab plz because mine doesn't, thx