how do I mount a usb drive in SUSE ???

kkempter · 07-16-2005, 12:29 AM

I just installed suse 9.3 on my laptop. If I plug in my usb drive and run dmesg I see this:
usb 4-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3

What do I do to mount/access the device?

musicman_ace · 07-16-2005, 01:05 AM

is that all the output of dmesg. Typically it will give you either an sda# or uda#

BobGuy · 07-16-2005, 11:42 AM

Look for KDiskFree in your KDE start menu.
Click on the usb entry to hilite it, then right click and mount it. Easy.

rollo · 07-16-2005, 09:11 PM

Thanks for the KDiskFree tip - just what I was looking for.

However, there's still a problem with USB drives as you can't normally mount and unmount except as root. I added 'user' to my /etc/fstab file, which should allow all users to mount and unmount but it doesn' t seem to have made a difference.

So, an alternative solution is to create a taskbar button for KDiskFree, and make it always run as root by right-clicking Properties > Application > Advanced options.