How does "block device" apply to USB? What is "block device"?
Submitted by saed on Tue, 11/29/2005 - 14:17.
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There seems to be a common problem for USB flash drives. Mepis often calls them "not valid block device."
There are lots of suggestions for mounting usb drives but no one has explained what is a block device and how does it relate to usb?
It seems to be causing quite a bit of trouble for mepis that doesnt happen in windows or Ubuntu.
Of course, I have good reasons to just solve the problem, but I'm also curious as to why. And its always better to define a problem before solution. And I dont want to return to Ubuntu or windows.
If I'm rong just say so.
Later... saed
Take a look here, maybe it
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Take a look here, maybe it will help:
www.mepislovers-wiki.org/index.php?title=Flash_devices
"Block devices" and "character devices" are the way devices are seen by Linux. USB drive is a block device.
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