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Grant Sewell wrote: > On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:05:15 +0000, Simon Robert wrote: >> Grant Sewell wrote: >>> On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:56:35 +0000 >>> John Hansen wrote: >>> >>>> I have fitted a 4Gb SD card to supplement the 2Gb main memory in my >>>> new eeePC. However I have not found how to save a file to either the >>>> SD card or to an USD memory stick. >>>> Do any of you perhaps know of a detailed instruction for these >>>> actions? >>>> >>>> John >>> Hi John, >>> >>> Typically under Linux USB "pendrives" (and, more than likely, the SD >>> cards present here) will appear as SCSI drives, so would be /dev/sdXY >>> (where X is a letter and Y is a number - usually 1). >>> The first thing to check is if Linux has picked up the card/stick. >>> Inset said card/stick and wait a couple of seconds, then type the >>> following into the command line (if you can get to one): >>> dmesg >>> >>> You should see lots of information, and at the bottom there should be >>> something about USB/SCSI mass storage and details of the /dev/sdXY >>> from above. If you do, then progress to see if Linux has automatically >>> "mounted" your card/stick. Again, the easiest way is from the command >>> line. Type: >>> cat /proc/mounts >>> and see what is mentioned about /dev/sdXY (from earlier). Hopefully >>> you'll have something like: >>> /dev/sdc1 /mnt/media vfat rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,blah,blah,blah >>> >>> The "/mnt/media" bit is where you would access the card/stick. >>> >>> Hope this helps. >>> Grant. >>> >> on my one the SD is mounted automaticaly, well I get a screen asking me >> if I want to open it in a new file browser. What distro are you using. >> It does this with the orignal distro and eeeXubuntu. > > What distro am I using? It shouldn't matter. I made the presumption that > your given distro would "automount" the card/pen for you, and the above > guidance is on how to find out where it has been mounted. > > As it happens I do not have an EeePC. I happen to run Ubuntu (at the > moment), but I am a serial distro switcher. Pretty much Linux is Linux, > though. If you're happy with what's happening under the hood, then what > does it matter if the hood is painted red or blue? > > Grant. > > I asked which distro because some of them behave differently in regard to auto mounting, some do, some don't, some ask you about it... etc. Not because I was urging a particular distro. Although that said if what's happening under the bonnet is essentially the same then ones criteria for choosing comes down to aesthetics. I cannot understand people who claim look and feel are immaterial frivoloties. Are you saying that you'd be happy owning and driving any make/type/colour of vehicle of a certain engine size? -- Simon Robert www.oldhouse-cottage.co.uk -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html