usb pen drive
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Hello
I am new to linux and have had a look at the forum but nothing i tried worked. I plugged in usb pen drive into dell inspiron laptop and it does not detect it nor can i see it mount partitions. if i plug it in and reboot the machine i then see an icon and my pen drive. but how do i see then pen drive without having to reboot the machine all the time. meaning I can plug/unplug whenever i like and still be able to see.
I tired /dev/sda1 and get permission denied both as user and root. Although when plugged in from boot up I have access as user. Can anyone help with how to plug in usb pen drive when machine is running without reboot.
thanks in advance for any help in this matter. I am running promepis 2005b2
USB pen drive
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Dear zionmaqss,
I had same problem - USB pen drive discovered if inserted and reboot but not dynamically discovered if inserted after computer running. To correct this problem you need to manually add a line to the configuration file "/usr/fstab" above the line (# Dynamic entries). To discover the content of the line just boot up with the USB pen in place and print your "/usr/fstab" file and then reboot without the USB pen drive in place and print the file. Now examine both printouts and notice the difference. You should see an additional line repesenting the USB drive. My entry looks like this:
/dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1 vfat noauto,users,exec,umask=000 0 0
My entire fstab file looks like this:
/dev/hdb2 / ext3 defaults,noatime 1 1
/dev/hdb3 swap swap sw,pri=1 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
none /proc/bus/usb usbfs devmode=0666 0 0
none /dev/pts devpts mode=0622 0 0
none /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
/dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1 vfat noauto,users,exec,umask=000 0 0
# Dynamic entries
/dev/hdb1 /mnt/hdb1 vfat noauto,users,exec,umask=000 0 0
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom udf,iso9660 noauto,users,dev,ro 0 0
/dev/floppy /mnt/floppy vfat,ext2,hfsplus noauto,users,dev 0 0
You must manually enter the "new line for your USB drive above the line - # Dynamic entries - and the info will be stored. You can use Kedit or any simple word processor to copy and paste these entries or just type the line and save this file. Now when you reboot Mepis will recognize this USB drive.
Luck,
Vince
Vince LaPorte
Marshall, MN 56258
Can you enter the file mana
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Can you enter the file manager and mount it?