usb flash drives
Mike McMullin
mwmcmlln at mnsi.net
Sun Jul 15 04:13:34 UTC 2007
On Sat, 2007-07-14 at 19:24 -0400, JD wrote:
> Before I sign up for psychiatric treatment, can someone tell me what (if
> anything) I'm doing wrong here?
>
> Machine 1:
> Plug in flash drive
> dmesg (as sudo)
>
> see that /dev/sde , /dev/sde1 are there
>
> mkdir /mnt/usb
>
> mount /dev/sde1 /mnt/usb
>
> check this dir, it's ok
>
> cp <somefile> /mnt/usb
>
> ls /mnt/usb
> <somefile>
>
> umount /mnt/usb
>
> Machine 2:
>
> Plug in flash drive
>
> Konqueror dialog opens
> I open a conqueror window...
> 0 items, 0 folders
>
> In a term on machine 2
> dmesg (as sudo)
>
> see that /dev/sdb , /dev/sdb1 are there
>
> mkdir /mnt/usb
>
> mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/usb
>
> check this dir, it's ok
>
> ls -l /mnt/usb
>
> (empty)
>
> Why?
That could be a permissions problem, on the second computer.
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