How to use USB flash drive

captain_juno · 02-15-2009, 10:18 PM

I cannot figure out how to use a USB flash drive with Slackware 12.2. I saw some things about automounting and mounting but where should the drive show up? Also, do I need to do anything for automounting?

DavidHindman · 02-15-2009, 11:05 PM

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Originally Posted by captain_juno

I cannot figure out how to use a USB flash drive with Slackware 12.2. I saw some things about automounting and mounting but where should the drive show up? Also, do I need to do anything for automounting?

Start KDE. Then plug in the USB stick. A window should open and ask what you want to do. One of the choices is to open a Konqueror file manager window that displays an index of the USB flash drive. That's automounting.

When you remove the USB flash drive, you probably want to "Safely Remove" it. This allows all writes to the flash drive to complete. To "Safely Remove" a drive in KDE, bring up a Konqueror window, click "Go" then "Storage Media", right click on the USB flash drive icon, then select "Safely Remove".

captain_juno · 02-15-2009, 11:21 PM

Thanks for the help. I was actually in fluxbox and that was my problem. It works now in KDE and I was actually planning on using KDE instead so it all works out.

MannyNix · 02-15-2009, 11:58 PM

From fluxbox you may want to try something like:

Code:

mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /somedir

(Remember to unmount it after use: umount /dev/sda1)