arthur Posted March 22, 2004 Report Share Posted March 22, 2004 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickg78 Posted May 1, 2004 Report Share Posted May 1, 2004 (edited) 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Med Posted January 3, 2005 Report Share Posted January 3, 2005 Hi, I've just found that Mandrake 10 automatically detects any USB drives I connect and mounts them at /mnt/removable B) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Could you post your /etc/fstab plz because mine doesn't, thx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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