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Simon Waters wrote: > John Hansen wrote: >> I am still a newbie that needs to be instructed in the art of Linux >> filing which as a many year user of Windows I still find very confusing. >> Why can I not open the files contained on a USB stick as drive E or F? >> All I get is partition1 which really is of no use to me. I would like to >> see what is on the USB stick with a click or two. Similarly I find the >> way I am to file an Open Office file odd. > > > Typically you should see an icon appear on the desktop when you insert a > USB stick. Clicking that icon should show the content of the USB stick. > If it isn't doing that perhaps we need to work on the settings. > > The "drive E:" thing is a Microsoft-ism. Although you can arrange for it > to be called anything you like, typically it uses the label on the > partition being mounted. So you normally get something more descriptive > than E: or F:. > > Could you describe the set-up you have (which distribution and version, > and which desktop (GNOME/KDE/other?) you are using, and what happens > when you plug a USB stick in - and what you would like to happen. > > Simon > Simon, I have Kubuntu 8.04 on an old desktop which I use for internet browsing and in particular for online banking. My Asus eeePC laptop runs their variant of Xandros and it is this computer with which I have trouble with the filing system. I can in the Home folder see the USB stick as well as the SD card but get in a muddle opening and saving files to the 2Gb flash drive and the SD card. 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