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How to access USB Device in LINUX 8
Name: Hidayat ullah Date: August 18, 2003 at 03:48:51 Pacific OS: RED HAT 8 CPU/Ram: 1.4Ghz 256
Comment:
I have inserted a Flash Disk into my USB port , now how am I going to access its files? Does Linux Redhat 8 support USB devices?
Name: egkenny Date: August 18, 2003 at 10:43:09 Pacific
Reply:
With Windows USB devices are supposed to mount and unmount automatically if the proper driver is installed. Under linux this is not always true. Some devices do work but even if they do not always reliably. Sometime you have to mount and unmount these devices manually. I have RedHat 8.0 and 9. My camera works with the USB because it has a Mass Storage Device interface. Even then I have to manually mount and umount it somtimes. One Compact Flash reader I have works with Linux but the other does not. My HP printer seems to work OK.
Some people are using Flash Disks with Linux. Look at this thread for more info: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/archive/18/2003/06/3/63788
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Response Number 2
Name: 3Dave Date: August 19, 2003 at 08:36:54 Pacific
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I have found that most USB devices will automatically take the first available unused SCSI device....after plugging it in try mounting /dev/sda1 (if your system is pure IDE). On my old mandrake install, KDE even automatically created a desktop icon for my camera!
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