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accessing USB drive
Name: cvayou Date: January 30, 2006 at 02:03:44 Pacific OS: F Core CPU/Ram: p4/256
Comment:
How should access the flash drive Through USB port
Name: 3Dave Date: January 30, 2006 at 06:25:13 Pacific
Reply:
Most USB mass storage devices (cameras, memory sticks etc) should show up as the first unused SCSI device. For most users who only have IDE this will be /dev/sda. To mount the drive: # mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/flashdrive If all goes according to plan you can make an entry in /etc/fstab to make mounting easier in future: /dev/sda1 /mnt/flashdrive vfat noauto,owner,user,rw 0 0
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