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johnywhy 08-19-2011 08:18 PM

Pendrive-DSL Does Not See Hard Disk
 
Hi,

Running DSL from a usb pendrive, on a Asus EEE PC.

DSL does not see my hard disk (originally formatted by Windows). Not sure if its NTFS or FAT- came pre-installed by Asus.

Help.

thanks!

ButterflyMelissa 08-20-2011 02:30 PM

Hi,

You may have to mount it first...

DSL, okay, open the file browser (eifm if I'm not mistaken) as "super user, and go to the /mnt folder, look for hda1, click on it and hit the "mount" button in the middle...

Luck

Thor

jefro 08-20-2011 02:44 PM

Just to highlight this.
I think Thor 2.0 put the right word in there.

DSL should still use the older hdx way of mounting drives as opposed to the current scsi access.

johnywhy 08-20-2011 03:46 PM

Thanks all, but no matter now. I installed Puppeee Linux to a pen drive with the awesome inetbootin. On first boot, automatically recognized my drives, cam, mic, video, sound card, wifi, etc etc.

ButterflyMelissa 08-20-2011 03:54 PM

Quote:

Thanks all, but no matter now. I installed Puppeee Linux to a pen drive with the awesome inetbootin. On first boot, automatically recognized my drives, cam, mic, video, sound card, wifi, etc etc.
Good for you...if you were looking for a lite-weight, Puppy (and the derived MacPup) it by far the best choice..DSL is good, but a but "spartan" to my taste and caters to a quite different set of needs.

Have fun with Linux!

Thor

johnywhy 08-20-2011 04:07 PM

yes, i was pretty amazed when my computer 'woofed' at me! and i connected to wifi and got online immediately, without any config hassles. easier than winblows.

ButterflyMelissa 08-20-2011 04:12 PM

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my computer 'woofed' at me
Hmm, yes, Puppy thends to do that, just feed it...by using it. ;)

Glad you're happy with it.

By the way, dont throw out the DSL disk just yet...DSL is meant as a recovery tool, in case it's needed. Just the kinda disk you want around...

Thor


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