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On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 08:47:36AM +0100, John Hansen wrote: > 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. > > > > 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. > Not sure what the problem is. Windows - saves files in drives (A, B, C, D, etc etc). Each drive containing directories and subdirectories - by default all data is filed in "My Documents" which is a subdirectory of the C drive (something like C:\Documents and Settings\"username"\Applications and Data\My Documents) Linux - does not have A, B, C etc drives, it only has directories. - by default all data is saved in \home\"username" - each time you plug in a USB stick to ubuntu the stick automatically mounts the USB stick to a directory and normally the USB stick appears on your desktop as labelled something like "USB drive". Once it appears you can add / delete / move / copy / rename data on the USB stick however you wish. I stress the words "automatically mounts". Depending on what you want to happen the USB drive can appear and be called whatever you want: look up the mount command. -- Henry Photocopies or faxes of my signature are not binding. Electronic documents (including email) are binding if digitally signed and appropriately verified PGP Key : 0x854F8D8D Sun Jul 20 14:00:08 BST 2008
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