Here is a link to a hotplug script for thumbdrives: http://www.redhat.com/archives/k12osn/2003-August/msg00271.html
Hotplug > typing console commands to use USB stuff. It certainly makes my Zaurus more fun! Tom Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: [luau] thumb drive Most of you probably know how to do this, but it took me a while to figure out how to use my usb thumb drive; so just in case there are others out there of equivalent newbieness, here goes: > Just in case somebody else asks, here is how to set up your drive for > linux: first make a place to connect, i.e. mount it to. I chose > /mnt/usb, but it could be anywhere. So, as root, mkdir /mnt/usb; then > change the permissions there to give yourself access. Then when you > insert your drive, your system should "see it" automagically as drive > "sda". So the following command will mount it to the above location: > mount -t vfat /dev/sda mnt/usb. You should then be able to read your > files using any standard Konqueror or similar filemanager. I was > trying to access files that were vfat of course (windows); you may > have to specify another file system if you are dong something else. > Good luck > _______________________________________________ LUAU mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/luau
