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Henry Bremridge wrote: > On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 10:10:20AM +0000, John Hansen wrote: >> Simon Robert wrote: >> >> I am still unclear about how to file documents to my 4 gig SD card or 1 >> gig USB drive. Is there an easy way like in Windows XP where when I >> "save as" get the option to save to an external drive? >> > > I presume that it is already mounted, if so check to see where it is mounted and > file files in that directory > > If it has not been mounted > > mount the USB drive as a subdirectory of /home > > eg > > mount /dev/sda1 /home/???? > > Taking the command in sections > > Mount see man mount. On mine the command is mount -t vfat > > /dev/sda1 This is where the computer thinks your usb drive is. To find > out plug the usb drive in and look in /var/log/syslog > > /home/???? This is the directory where you can access the usb drive. You > need to create it first > > And then when you finish unmount /home/???? > > > Or am I missing something > > > Thanks I will try that. John -- 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