Re: how to umount a usb flash drive through cli as a normal user

2010-10-19 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
In the pmount package there is also a pumount command. The new device name can be found in the file /proc/partitions. So the whole procedure could be like this, using the symbolic name udisk: cat /proc/partitions pmount /dev/sdb1 udisk # now the device can be accessed via /media/udisk pumount

how to umount a usb flash drive through cli as a normal user

2010-10-12 Thread vishnu vardhan
i have installed debian 5.0.5 on virtualbox. i am learning about how to live without a desktop environment. i have installed fluxbox and trying to familiarise with it. i use usb flash drive almost on daily basis, plugging in and out atleast four times. i did not installed any GUI file manager. i

Re: how to umount a usb flash drive through cli as a normal user

2010-10-12 Thread Jason Heeris
On 11 October 2010 23:52, vishnu vardhan vishnuvardhan.li...@gmail.com wrote: to mount the usb flash drive : [a] start mc and search for jet under /dev/disk/by-id folder and note down the name, for e.g. sdb1 This is a bit tangential, but do you know about the pmount-hal command? It basically

Re: how to umount a usb flash drive through cli as a normal user

2010-10-12 Thread s. keeling
Jason Heeris jason.hee...@gmail.com: On 11 October 2010 23:52, vishnu vardhan vishnuvardhan.li...@gmail.com wrote: [a] start mc and search for jet under /dev/disk/by-id folder and note down the name, for e.g. sdb1 This is a bit tangential, but do you know about the pmount-hal [...]

Re: how to umount a usb flash drive through cli as a normal user

2010-10-12 Thread vishnu vardhan
On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 1:29 PM, Jason Heeris jason.hee...@gmail.comwrote: On 11 October 2010 23:52, vishnu vardhan vishnuvardhan.li...@gmail.com wrote: to mount the usb flash drive : [a] start mc and search for jet under /dev/disk/by-id folder and note down the name, for e.g. sdb1