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  • How to mount an USB Pen Drive in linux...??
    Wednesday, September 26, 2007 12:19 PM

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  • its little simple...

    How to mount an USB Pen Drive/Hard Disk ?
           Attach your USB pendrive to Linux computer.
           #dmesg
           {Check the last lines. It will show the device name used by pendrive for example
                            /dev/sda1 or /dev/sdb1)
           #mkdir /pendrive
           #mount /dev/sdb1 /pendrive

    How to unmount & remove an USB Pen Drive/Hard Disk from Linux System?
             #unmount /pendrive
             # eject /dev/sdb1
                                                {Pendrive will stop blinking. Now  remove it}

    Wednesday, September 26, 2007 12:23 PM

  • Now a days USB are PnP (plug and play).
    its also works in linux also. just plug and use..no need to mount..
    Friday, September 28, 2007 8:25 AM

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  • its little simple...

    How to mount an USB Pen Drive/Hard Disk ?
           Attach your USB pendrive to Linux computer.
           #dmesg
           {Check the last lines. It will show the device name used by pendrive for example
                            /dev/sda1 or /dev/sdb1)
           #mkdir /pendrive
           #mount /dev/sdb1 /pendrive

    How to unmount & remove an USB Pen Drive/Hard Disk from Linux System?
             #unmount /pendrive
             # eject /dev/sdb1
                                                {Pendrive will stop blinking. Now  remove it}

    Wednesday, September 26, 2007 12:23 PM
  • ya..Its working..Than Q
    Wednesday, September 26, 2007 1:48 PM

  • Now a days USB are PnP (plug and play).
    its also works in linux also. just plug and use..no need to mount..
    Friday, September 28, 2007 8:25 AM
  • thanx i was not able to use pen drive in linux until ur sol...

     

    However any of the pen drive i hav used don`t seem to mount automaticaly in many of the linux version i hav used..

    Friday, September 28, 2007 3:56 PM