Hi Janosch Boy I feel stupid. I wanted to try your advice - and THIS time the damned thing just showed up in the file-list. But I will keep your advice for future reference.
Steen > Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:38:58 +0300 > From: Janosch Maier <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LUG] Ubuntu & memory sticks > To: Linux Users Group Uganda <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Usually it should be mounted automatically. > > But you can try: > sudo mkdir /media/memory-stick > sudo chown YOURUSERNAME /media/memory-stick > sudo mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /media/memory-stick > > But change sdb1 by the correct device. If the drive is not fat32 > formatted exchange vfat with either ext3, ext4, ntfs, whatever you use. > With this you create a mount point, give the folder to yourself, so that > you have access later, and not only root can read and write there. > And mount it finally. > > To unmount later use: > sudo umount /media/memory-stick > > To see, if the device is recognized at all, you can use lsusb > > Regards Janosch > >
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