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Mr. Kuchinawa



Joined: 24 Oct 2006
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 6:15 pm    Post subject: How to mount..? Reply with quote

Can somebody give me the idiot-version of how to mount cd, floppy and usb?
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Juanito



Joined: 11 Sep 2006
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Location: Dubai, U.A.E.

PostPosted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 4:57 am    Post subject: For Example Reply with quote

If DSL-N didn't automatically detect your hardware at boot then you could try the following for example:

USB (assuming it is sda1)
mkdir /mnt/sda1
mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1

CD (assuming it us scd0)
mkdir /mnt/scd0
mount /dev/scd0 /mnt/scd0
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Mr. Kuchinawa



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 12:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

In bash? When I type:

mkdir /mnt/sda1

and press enter, it says something like permission denied.
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Mr. Kuchinawa



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 4:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Someone please help me here, This is starting to get on my nervs...
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roberts



Joined: 17 Apr 2006
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 6:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

In any Unix like system you will need root (administrator) rights to create and/or access various parts of the filesystem.

Type

sudo su

You will then become root.

Also see the System Menu to open a root shell.

Be careful when running as root.
You may want to become familiar with Unix permissions.
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Mr. Kuchinawa



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 5:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I get:

mount: dev/sda1 is not a valid block device



What is the point with unmounting?
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Juanito



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 3:04 pm    Post subject: Trying Looking at fstab Reply with quote

Maybe you could try looking at the fstab file to see what DSL detected on boot - this might give you some clues about where to find your floppy/CD/USB stick and then mount them.

Try this:

sudo leafpad /etc/fstab

As an example, mine looks like this:
/proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/sys /sys sysfs noauto 0 0
/dev/pts /dev/pts devpts mode=0622 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/auto/floppy auto user,noauto,exec,umask=000 0 0
/dev/cdrom /mnt/auto/cdrom auto user,noauto,exec,ro 0 0
# Added by KNOPPIX
/dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1 ntfs noauto,users,exec,ro,umask=000,uid=knoppix,gid=knoppix 0 0
# Added by KNOPPIX
/dev/hda5 /mnt/hda5 ntfs noauto,users,exec,ro,umask=000,uid=knoppix,gid=knoppix 0 0
# Added by KNOPPIX
/dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1 vfat noauto,users,exec,umask=000,uid=knoppix,gid=knoppix 0 0
# Added by KNOPPIX
/dev/sda2 /mnt/sda2 vfat noauto,users,exec,umask=000,uid=knoppix,gid=knoppix 0 0

Where hda1/hda5 are two partitions on my hard disk and sda1/sda2 are two partions on my USB memory stick
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Shiruya



Joined: 23 Dec 2006
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 9:06 am    Post subject: how to mount mouse? Reply with quote

Hi, me too, i have a broblem with usb, i have an usb mouse and it doesn't work (i see the cursor but it won't move) so i suppose this is because of usb... I tried to something, but i can't become root... With mouse i would know how to do it (in apps is an option for it, right? but i can't click for open apps...), but if i haven't it, i don't know... When i try to passe on console (ctrl + alt + f1) and i write something (on the black screen) , when i press enter, nothing happens... So i can type "sudo su", but it's not working... Help please, how to become root without a mouse? And what to do with my mouse?
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