iriver h20 and kubuntu

Merlyn · 10-01-2006, 03:10 AM

I have an iriver h20. When I plug it into my usb port the computer recognises it. It can open the device up in a new folder. I can read the data off it - whatever type it has on it. But unfortunately I can't write to the mp3 player. Does anyone know how I can set it so I can write to the iriver's hard drive.

Thank you.

bulliver · 10-01-2006, 11:12 AM

What I do with my portable music player (iAudio X5) is add a line to /etc/fstab like:

Code:

/dev/sda1 /home/music/iaudio vfat noauto,user 0 0

Here '/home/music/iaudio' is the mountpoint, where my regular user has write permissions. The 'user' option means my regular user can mount it.

Merlyn · 10-01-2006, 01:10 PM

That worked. Thank you!

Merlyn · 10-02-2006, 09:13 AM

One further question on this... How do I allow the user to unmount it? When I come to unplug the device it says it requires root access.

bulliver · 10-02-2006, 10:02 AM

Odd.

If you can mount it, you should also be able to unmount...
Are you trying 'umount /dev/sda1' or 'umount /some/path'?
Perhaps you need to use the mountpoint and not the device.

Merlyn · 10-09-2006, 03:03 AM

Hi,

I'm really sorry for replying sooner. I didn't get notification of your reply.

I have another problem now, unfortunately. After a reboot its failing to mount the device. It says that it cannot mount the device because /home/music/iaudio doesn't exist. Do you have any advice on what I can do to resolve this.

I greatly appreciate your help.

Thanks,

Merlyn

ciotog · 03-10-2007, 04:58 PM

Maybe this is too late, but to solve the first problem (able to mount but not unmount) change "user" to "users" in the fstab line.

For the second problem, does /home/music/iaudio exist? If not, try creating it. Do you have access to /home/music? if not, you'll have to change the permissions.