Hi Richard,

What OS are you running?

Looks like a 'simple' matter of changing the /etc/fstab options.

Kind regards,
Bernard

On 3 February 2010 10:02, Richard Austin <[email protected]> wrote:

> On a similar theme.
>
> I use a USB stick or a USB drive for large data files ( music etc.)
>
> The problem I have is that it is only available to one logged in user and
> not others on the same machine.
>
> Is there any way to make the USB devices available to all. Bear in mind
> that sometimes there are not plugged in, so a permanent mount option is not
> the way to go.
>
>
>
> On 03/02/10 09:21, Simon Vass wrote:
>
>> Fantastic! Way to go Bernard.
>>
>> Simon Vass
>> Technical Manager
>> E-Tech Uganda Ltd
>> http://www.etech.ug
>> Tel: +256 (0) 312260620 or (0) 312260621
>> Email: [email protected]
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Bernard Wanyama"<[email protected]>
>> To: "Linux Users Group Uganda"<[email protected]>
>> Cc: [email protected]
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 3, 2010 1:13:02 AM GMT +03:00 Iraq
>> Subject: Re: [LUG] USB Stick
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> We finally fixed it today.
>>
>> Jacques had accidentally knocked out the partition table of his hard
>> disk (/dev/sdb) and not that of the USB stick (/dev/sdd)!
>>
>> Luckily, he had a live-USB Ubuntu - Karmic Koala - Netbook remix.
>>
>> We booted off the USB. downloaded testdisk debian package and
>> installed it - right on the live USB. We then used testdisk to search
>> the hard disk (/dev/sdb) for previous partitions and we did find his
>> last valid partition. Restore, save, reboot!
>>
>> We got right back in and when the laptop booted into his old desktop
>> environment, I discovered that Jacques could actually say thank you in
>> Luganda!!
>>
>> We also decided to fix the 'offending' USB stick by wiping its
>> partition table using gparted in Ubuntu and creating a VFAT partition
>> on it. After that, the full 2GB capacity was available - at least we
>> could copy and play back some Beatles and Tempations audio files.
>>
>> A wonderful evening of data recovery - courtesy of Testdisk and Ubuntu
>> Karmic Koala.
>>
>> Cheers!
>> Bernard
>>
>> On 01/02/2010, Peter C. Ndikuwera<[email protected]>  wrote:
>>
>>
>
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