On Thursday 13 Oct 2005 07:59, Derek Jennings wrote: > On Thursday 13 October 2005 02:50, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > > Ricardo Rodriguez wrote: > > > I have never used a usb device on my box until now. I have just > > > pluged a flash disc and I'm cluless about where to look for it. > > > > > > I checked on hardware and I thinks is tha 'sda' device for which > > > I follow the path given on the MCC description. After following > > > /dev/scsi/..../ I get to a folder with three links: disk, generic > > > and part1 but when I click on them konqueror ask me about how to > > > open it and I have no idea. > > > > > > Thnx. > > > > Look in the /mnt directory. There should be a mount point there for > > your flash disk. The exact name depends on the disk itself. > > Mandriva 2005LE and later try to give it a meaningfull name. If all > > else fails, it will probably end up mounted as /mnt/removable or > > /mnt/camera. If you run the mount command, it will list what is > > mounted where. You can probably run "mount | grep /dev/sda" to get > > just that mount point. > > > > You normaly do not want to try and open files in the /dev directory > > tree, especialy with Konqueror. These are the files the system uses > > to talk to the actual hardware. You want to access the file system, > > and for that the device is usualy mounted. The most common place > > for removable devices to be mounted is a directory off the /mnt > > directory. > > > > Just for your information, with USB storage devices, /dev/sda will > > be the entire drive. You will usualy have at least one partition. > > IN your case, the data is on /dev/sda1. > > > > Mikkel > > > >From 2005LE onwards the haldeamon service will automatically detect > > devices > > like USB Flash and mount them for you. If it is not working then > examine your log file /var/log/syslog for clues. Also ensure the > haldaemon and messagebus services are running. > If the device is detected correctly then a new line will appear in > /etc/fstab to define the mount point. > Also, if you use kde, go to kcontrol > LookNFeel > Behavior and check 'Mounted Removable Medium'. This will put an icon on your desktop whenever the usb device is mounted.
Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) Mandriva hints & tips: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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