Wow, I just can't get this thing to work It may have to go back.
On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 6:03 PM, Shawn <[email protected]> wrote: > sean halter wrote: > >> sh...@shawn-laptop:~$ sudo umount /dev/sdc1 >> [sudo] password for shawn: >> sh...@shawn-laptop:~$ sudo umount /dev/sdc1 >> umount: /dev/sdc1: not mounted >> sh...@shawn-laptop:~$ sudo mount -t vfat /dev/sdc1 /media/USB -o >> umask=000 >> mount: mount point /media/USB does not exist >> > > This is telling you the directory /media/USB does not exist. Create it and > make sure your user account has access: > > sudo mkdir -p /media/USB > chown :users /media/USB > > OR, because you are doing a manual mount, mount it under your home > directory somewhere. I personally have a "working_folder" directory that is > intended for transient things. In here, I have created a "mnt" directory > for when I need to mount devices. Because these directories were created by > me using my regular user account, I already have permissions to these > directories. So, I use a mount command something like this: > > sudo mount /dev/sdc1 /home/sgrover/working_folder/mnt > > - of course, change the /dev/sdc1 to match your own device > - the partition type (vfat) is usually fine with defaults - mount will work > out what it needs to do, most times. > - because this is mounting into a directory that I already have permission > to, and it is a vfat partition, the umask isn't really needed. > > It's been a while since I've needed to do this manually - KDE4's automount > tool is generally pretty good and takes care of the details for me. So I > just plug in the USB stick/device and use it. Gnome has a similar feature. > Of course if you are doing something a little abnormal, the manual mount is > probably the best choice.... > > HTH. > > Shawn > > sh...@shawn-laptop:~$ sudo mount -t vfat /dev/sdc1 /media/USB -o >> umask=000 >> mount: mount point /media/USB does not exist >> sh...@shawn-laptop:~$ sudo umount /dev/sdc1 >> umount: /dev/sdc1: not mounted >> sh...@shawn-laptop:~$ sudo mount -t vfat /dev/sdc1 /media/USB -o >> umask=000 >> mount: mount point /media/USB does not exist >> sh...@shawn-laptop:~$ >> >> On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 5:27 PM, Hendrik Schaink >> <[email protected]<mailto: >> [email protected]>> wrote: >> >> What output does the _mount_ command give? >> >> Hendrik >> >> sean halter wrote: >> > Hi >> > >> > I just bought a "MPIO MG 100" MP3 player and when I try to drag >> and drop >> > things into the player I get the message "The destination is >> read-only". It >> > says that it is mounted. Any idea what I can do? >> > >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> clug-talk mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >> **Please remove these lines when replying >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> clug-talk mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >> **Please remove these lines when replying >> > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying >
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