Hi Kevin: If you are in ydl open a terminal window and do
$ su - # parted Here's what happens within YDL when this is done. Of course what follows is output from within my own system: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# parted GNU Parted 1.8.1 Using /dev/hda Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands. (parted) print Model: FUJITSU MHT2080AH (ide) Disk /dev/hda: 80.0GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: mac Number Start End Size File system Name Flags 1 0.51kB 32.8kB 32.3kB Apple 2 32.8kB 1081kB 1049kB hfs untitled boot 5 1081kB 106MB 105MB ext3 untitled 3 134MB 35.7GB 35.6GB hfs+ Apple_HFS_Untitled_2 4 35.7GB 40.0GB 4300MB hfs+ eDrive 6 40.0GB 77.9GB 37.9GB ext3 untitled 7 77.9GB 80.0GB 2089MB linux-swap swap swap (parted) Within parted you can type help for more detailed information. Rest assured parted is very thorough with the capacity to reformat nearly any drive utilizing a variety of formats. That's a whole different topic, however for what you are concerned about if parted can see your drive then theoretically it can be mounted onto the YDL filesystem. Within email the above columns cannot be kept aligned; within the terminal they are fine. The next step is mounting the dev so that it becomes available such that files can be copied to or removed from it. This requires two steps: A. Create a subdirectory name within /mnt as in: #mkdir /mnt/somename B. Now that somename exists as a subirectory within /mnt now we can mount the directory in question and copy all its files into it by doing this: #mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/somename Obviously parted and YDL in general can recognize hfs and hfs+ systems by default however there are additional filesystems which YDL can see and they can be mounted as well. Do man parted, as in: #man parted for more information. The above would work in any Linux/Unix environment with minor changes; it's a good strategy to keep in one's notes. Now for the simple stuff. Within e17 you already know that when you log in, your home directory appears within the first window. On my system the user directory (as I'm the only user) is described internally as /home/aguila. The window appears with the heading of aguila. Within that solitary window a listing appears of those folders which e17 sees immediately. Let's suppose that an external drive is available, it is on and physically attached via a firewire or usb port. A quick way to get it mounted and available within e17 so that you can copy, remove and edit files to that device is to do the following. Notice that within that solitary window I mentioned there is a menu. One of them is called Places. Open Places and then select Computer. A new window will open showing a listing of devices which are seen by YDL. Double click upon the name of the one you want to mount such that it is available within e17. After you do this then a window displaying the files within that device will appear, that hard drive is now mounted and you can copy, modify or remove files as you wish. You can do this within the Desktop environment of e17 or from using standard Linux commands from within any terminal. Standard file manipulation commands include cp (copy) and rm (remove). refer to #man cp or #man rm for more details. Also remember to google for more info regarding rm and cp on the in various Linux forums should you need more info. All the best... On Dec 8, 2008, at 6:00 PM, Kevin McMahon wrote: > Have tried to access my external drives via the hardware browser > and they are there but how do I actually have access to them for > file transfers ect.? They are listed there but how do I mount them > for access? Any answers are greatly appreciated. > TIA~ > _______________________________________________ > yellowdog-general mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general > HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> > site:terrasoftsolutions.com' _______________________________________________ yellowdog-general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com'
