using a USB flash mem device
I got this nice little Sandisk sansa express MP3 player that plugs into the USB port on my XP machine. Unlike other USB devices I've used, Windows doesn't give this thing a drive letter, but does something else; it shows up on the explorer window and kind of acts like a drive there, but it doesn't show up in the /cygdrive directory. Is there a way I access this with cygwin as if it were a drive ? - Tom -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: using a USB flash mem device
Tom Hall wrote: I got this nice little Sandisk sansa express MP3 player that plugs into the USB port on my XP machine. Unlike other USB devices I've used, Windows doesn't give this thing a drive letter, but does something else; it shows up on the explorer window and kind of acts like a drive there, but it doesn't show up in the /cygdrive directory. Is there a way I access this with cygwin as if it were a drive ? Check under the Disk Management snap-in in Windows (under Administrator Tools, Computer Management). If it shows up there, you should be able to set a drive letter. If not, you may be able to access it using /dev/sdXX syntax. See http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-specialnames.html for guidance on how to map the information you see here into /dev/sdXX form. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _ A: Yes. Q: Are you sure? A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: using a USB flash mem device
On Sun, Sep 30, 2007 at 03:46:42PM -0400, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: Check under the Disk Management snap-in in Windows (under Administrator Tools, Computer Management). If it shows up there, you should be able to set a drive letter. If not, you may be able to access it using /dev/sdXX syntax. See http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-specialnames.html for guidance on how to map the information you see here into /dev/sdXX form. Nope. It's not there. I did find it under Portable Devices but not under Disk Management. It's at Location 0 and has a device instance ID of USB\VID_0781PID_7460\0002FA821BB583890002FA821BB14592 I had to get Windows Media 10 in order to get Media Transfer Protocol (MTP - how clever of MS) capability before it would show up in explorer at all. I found an mtplib project on sourceforge but was hoping cygwin wouldn't need something like this. I guess I'll have to drag icons around for a while - what a drag. - Tom -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
RE: using a USB flash mem device
On 30 September 2007 22:34, Tom Hall wrote: On Sun, Sep 30, 2007 at 03:46:42PM -0400, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: Check under the Disk Management snap-in in Windows (under Administrator Tools, Computer Management). If it shows up there, you should be able to set a drive letter. If not, you may be able to access it using /dev/sdXX syntax. See http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-specialnames.html for guidance on how to map the information you see here into /dev/sdXX form. Nope. Ittyty's not there. I did find it under Portable Devices but not under Disk Management. It's at Location 0 and has a device instance ID of USB\VID_0781PID_7460\0002FA821BB583890002FA821BB14592 I had to get Windows Media 10 in order to get Media Transfer Protocol (MTP - how clever of MS) capability before it would show up in explorer at all. FTR: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_Transfer_Protocol By design, MTP devices cannot be mounted as a mass storage drive on Windows or Macintosh. An MTP device (like a PTP device) is not to be considered a file system in the traditional sense. Additional confusion is created by the fact that Windows Explorer treats MTP devices somewhat like a file system, except without an assigned drive letter, making it impossible for other applications to access the data directly. I found an mtplib project on sourceforge but was hoping cygwin wouldn't need something like this. Looks like it does. I guess I'll have to drag icons around for a while - what a drag. 'fraid so. cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: using a USB flash mem device
On Sun, Sep 30, 2007 at 03:46:42PM -0400, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: Check under the Disk Management snap-in in Windows (under Administrator Tools, Computer Management). If it shows up there, you should be able to set a drive letter. If not, you may be able to access it using /dev/sdXX syntax. See http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-specialnames.html for guidance on how to map the information you see here into /dev/sdXX form. On Sun, Sep 30, 2007 at 03:34:13PM -0600, Tom Hall wrote: Nope. It's not there. I did find it under Portable Devices but not under Disk Management. It's at Location 0 and has a device instance ID of USB\VID_0781PID_7460\0002FA821BB583890002FA821BB14592 I had to get Windows Media 10 in order to get Media Transfer Protocol (MTP - how clever of MS) capability before it would show up in explorer at all. I found an mtplib project on sourceforge but was hoping cygwin wouldn't need something like this. I guess I'll have to drag icons around for a while - what a drag. - Tom Never mind - I fixed it. The company has a discussion forum for product users (I like that) and someone there posted that you can update the driver from the default MTP to a USB storage device. That did the trick - now I can see it like a drive. I think I'll have problems with copyrighted materials but I'll worry about that if/when I have to. - Tom -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
