using a USB flash mem device

2007-09-30 Thread Tom Hall
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

Re: using a USB flash mem device

2007-09-30 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
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

Re: using a USB flash mem device

2007-09-30 Thread Tom Hall
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

RE: using a USB flash mem device

2007-09-30 Thread Dave Korn
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

Re: using a USB flash mem device

2007-09-30 Thread Tom Hall
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