How do I get to my thumb drive?

S

SirWinstonoboogie

Hello everyone,

I am a complete newbie, but I have managed to install 7.1 yesterday. I have 2 problems, and if I can copy some .txt files over to my USB drive, that would help.
-Dunno how, but possibly 'mount' the USb stick?

If so, I am unable to recognize it (I can recognize my H.D.s- the sysinstall taught me that!), and don't know how to do this.
Can I find it thru the KDE desktop, somehow, or do I go to the Cmd/ shell (if you know what I mean)?
I plugged in the drive, it lights up, so I guess that is good.
Also, the USB bus works, I think, because both the mouse and the keyboard functions under KDE.

If you have the time, can you explain htis issue to me.

thanks, Sirwinstonoboogie
 
This is what I usually do....

My specs:
FreeBSD 7.1 i386
Celeron 1.5 Ghz
IDE harddisk 40GB


Code: 
mount -t msdosfs /dev/da0s1 /mnt

I think USB disks are considered as "Direct access" for "da"

Regards,
 
On a default system you need to be root to mount an USB device, so use su or sudo to become root.

Plug in the USB-stick, and let's see where we can find it.

Code: 
ls /dev | grep da


You will then see something like da0, da0s1, but the numbers may vary. Now Let's try mounting da0s1.
(replace mount_msdosfs with mount_ntfs if your USB-stick uses that filesystem)
You will not be able to mount da0, so look for something called da*s*

Code: 
mount_msdosfs /dev/da0s1 /mnt


Your USB-stick should now be mounted to /mnt, so let's try listing the content.

Code: 
ls /mnt


If you would like to copy anything from the USB-stick you can do something like this.

Code: 
cp /mnt/something /home/yourhomedir/


After you're done you can try to unmount the USB-stick.

Code: 
cd /
umount /mnt

Don't just unplug the USB-stick without unmounting it first, or the system will panic. You have to step out of the /mnt directory before unmounting. If you have trouble unmounting, try using the -f option with unmount.
 
I can't Thank you enough Marius !

Since I am new to the Forum, as well as freeBSD, your completeness in replying is just what I needed. As others have described, getting around this OS can seem as a vertical climb.
Very, very valuable in that I am technically inclined, but sometimes short on patience.

You have indeed contributed to my knowledge, Thanks again.

Sirw.o.
 
To build on Marius' suggestion, you might want to type:
Code: 
fstat -f /mnt
if it doesn't want to unmount, that'll tell you what processes or files may be open on the drive.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top