I'm using Ubuntu 9.10. Wouldn't editing the etc/fstab make it a
permanent solution, ie. it would always try and mount the device? What
happens when it isn't plugged in?
On 03/02/10 12:15, Bernard Wanyama wrote:
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]
<mailto:[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] <mailto:[email protected]>
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bernard Wanyama"<[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>
To: "Linux Users Group Uganda"<[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>
Cc: [email protected] <mailto:[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]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
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