Okay, the plot thickens. It turns out that the keys can be read on every windows system EXCEPT mine. Which makes it a WinXP problem and not a Linux one.
Anyone know why XPSP2 would detect and map a usb key but claim it is unformatted? The issue with mounting in Ubuntu is probably related to the drive it is getting mapped to It was working a while ago and now isn't. Maybe somehow the folder the drive is getting mapped to got set to root permissions. Dunno. But the whole root permissions thing (especially with trying to run programs at startup) is a real pain. On 7/4/07, JRS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Not sure what to say, just tried 4 different USB drives, they all popped up on the desktop just fine. 2 4 giggers, a 2 gigger, and my old old 512kb one all worked with Ubuntu 7.04 on my Dell D600 laptop.. >>Been using Ubuntu for a couple weeks now with some minor annoyances. >>The main one is that I can't get any USB keys to work. When I insert >>one, I get a message saying "you don't have permissions to mount that >>device". If I drop to the command line and mount it with sudo it >>works, but then I can't unmount it. Right-clicking on the mount point >>and selecting "unmount" results in a "that device is not mounted" >>error. And even though the file explorer showed the files being >>copied over, they aren't actually on the key. >> >>Secondly, the FAT32 USB key I formatted in Ubuntu is not readable by >>windows. I tried reformatting it with windows but I got an "Windows >>cannot finish formatting this device" error. WTF? I thought all OSes >>could read and write to FAT partitions. >> >>These two problems alone are making me reconsider my switch. I can >>understand the need to not run as root all the time but mounting USB >>keys should not be one of them. >> >>And no, there is not any U3 crapware on my USB key. I nuked it using >>a partition editor a while ago under windows. Now THAT was a painful >>experience. But this problem happens with the 6 different USB keys I >>have tried, some with U3 and some without. -- JRS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Please remove **X** to reply... ...Cleverly Disguised As A Responsible Adult...
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