======================================== Message Received: Jan 13 2006, 08:20 AM From: "Alan Rutherford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], "SLUG-list" <scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk> Cc: Subject: Re: [Scottish] USB memory sticks and SuSE 9.3 Robert Barbour wrote: >I did this and sent a reply to scottish, but it didn't get into the system. >Could this be because it had a file attached? >Anyway, I think study of the log might confirm the suspicion that the format >of the stick is the problem. >So how do I get round the format problem for file transfers - I have Linux, >Apple and (reluctantly) MS? >Regards >Rob > >======================================== >Message Received: Jan 09 2006, 03:16 PM >From: "Martin Habets" >To: scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk >Cc: >Subject: Re: [Scottish] USB memory sticks and SuSE 9.3 > >It seems time to open up a terminal window (that's Konsole in Suse). >After you insert the stick, open the new 'floppy' icon, and get the >error message... after all that, type in these commands in the terminal >window and send the output here: > >mount >dmesg | tail -100 > >That should give us a start to figure out what's going on. >If you're couragous you could look up a line for 'sda' in the mount >output and try to browse that directory. > >My guess is the floppy icon is used because the filesystem on the USB >stick is msdos. > >Martin > >_______________________________________________ >Scottish mailing list >Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk >http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish >_______________________________________________ >Scottish mailing list >Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk >http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish > > > > I had the exact same problem with Suse. As soon as I re-formated the USB >memory stick, in FAT using Windoze, it worked! > >Alan
OK, what is FAT (File allocation Table?) and Windoze? Where do I get them (it)? I can't re-format the stick, as it doesn't belong to me, and the lender still has files (MSDOS) on it. But when I acquire my own usb mem stick, how do I format it to allow file interchange with linux, Apple and msdos? Regards Rob _______________________________________________ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
