Plugging in u s b things?

[David Bruzos]

Hi Paul:
I use USB storage my self in the form of a 256 MB Lexar memory stick.  In my 
system, it shows up as /dev/sda1.
So, just create a directory somewhere like /mnt/flash_drive and then type: 
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/flash_drive, and you should be able to access the drive 
under /mnt/flash_drive.
If you have multiple USB storage devices plugged in, they will be: 
/dev/sda1, /dev/sdb1, /dev/sdc1, and so on.
Note: make sure you umount the drive before you unplug it, or you could risk 
corrupting your data...

David Bruzos

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Migliorelli (+1 7 2 0 7 3 2 2 3 1 1)" <paulmigs at migliorelli.org>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 12:00 PM
Subject: Plugging in u s b things?


> Hi all.  Time for today's ignorant question.  Say you plug in like a
> compact flash card reader, or a memorystick thingy into a u s b port.  Any
> ideas as to what they become??  Like what would you ls to find out what's
> on them, or cp things over too??  Would it be slash dev slash something or
> other??  Thanks again.
>
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