Hi all

I have got a MP3 player, which plugs directly into USB to transfer songs, etc.

In windows, I pluuged it in, went My Computer and opened the drive..

In knoppix...nothing happens. Where do I go, what do i do?

Thanks

hong

Ok, I found the device on /proc/bus/usb. I just need to make it writeable...

In vain, i tried properties>permissions>everything to view & modify content

Also chmod +777 /proc/bus/usb

Also edited my fstab to say noauto,users,exec,rw,unask=000 0 0

I DID say just 'defaults'

No go. Any clues here?

Thanks

I am no expert by any means, but I think the /proc is for running processes.
I would look for USB in /mnt

yes i think the c/proc is the wrong one...

nothing under /mnt tho...

help!

You are in the wrong area. That area defines system opertions and is where info is pulled from. Run this command as root ' /sbin/fdisk -l ' Look to see if it list a /dev/sd* device. If it does then you do the following

1. make a dir to mount to. run command as root ' mkdir /mnt/mp3 '
2. run command where * is the value seen from fdisk ' mount -t vfat /dev/sd* /mnt/mp3 '

Brian1
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Ok, did all that.

It brought up the device called sda1, so I ran all the commands.

Now at /mnt/usb, when I try to move a file there it says Access Denied.

How to I enable read/write access?

And do I have to do this everytime I want to use my USB pen drive or MP3 player? Is there a way to get it to be plug n play like Windows?

If I remember correct, when I ran Knoppix as a Live CD, USB showed up on the desktop when I plugged it in...

Thanks

Hong

Easy fix is create a line in /etc/fstab to allow total access to any user.
Example: /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb auto umask=000,users,noauto,owner,rw,sync,dirsync 0 0
Now mount like ' mount /dev/sda1 ' and to ' umount /dev/sda1 '

If using KDE then on the Desktop, right click and select Create New > Device > Hard Disc Drive. On first page that opens name it something like usb1 for example. Goto Device Tab and click the downarrow in the box. Select the line that matches the usb device you are using. NOTE: This will only work if you create the line in the /etc/fstab file. Hit OK.

Now you can hit the icon on the desktop and it automounts the device and opens a konqueror window. To unmount hit right click and select umount option.

Brian1
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Also one can also change the permissions on /mnt/usb with the command ' chmod 777 /mnt/usb '.

Or change ownership of the directory. ' chown your_user_name /mnt/usb
And change Group also. ' chgrp your_group_name /mnt/usb

I think that would work also. I perfer the fstab idea. It works very well for me and other users.

Brian1
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Fantastico!!

Brian1 you have my thanks!! It works!!

Now, just one more thing

In my fstab, I have a drive I want to make writeable. Here's what it currently says:

/dev/hdb3 /mnt/hdb3 ext3 noauto,users,exec 0 0

How would I modify it to writable?

thanks

Hong

I am working on it. I think you need to set the directory permissions. ' chmod 777 /mnt/hdb3 ' I cannot find my link to a webpage that defines fstab options per filesystem type. Might also require that you add yourself to the users group also.

The way I have is I have ownership and groupship to the directory.
chown username /mnt/hdb3
chgrp groupname /mnt/hdb3

Brian1
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Ha! It worked. I just did chmod 777 and chown.

If you find it, I hope you wouldnt mind posting it as it seem it would come in quite handy!

Thanks

Hong

This is not the pretty one I have seen but this is the updated one mentioning ext3 options. http://www2.yo-linux.com/cgi-bin/man.cgi?topic=mount . There is one in all color and pretty fonts and stuff. Anyone know which one I am thinking of.

Brian1
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Thanks Brian1!