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Re: [LUG] eeepc filing

 

On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:56:35 +0000
John Hansen wrote:

> I have fitted a 4Gb SD card to supplement the 2Gb main memory in my
> new eeePC. However I have not found how to save a file to either the
> SD card or to an USD memory stick.
> Do any of you perhaps know of a detailed instruction for these
> actions?
> 
> John

Hi John,

Typically under Linux USB "pendrives" (and, more than likely, the SD
cards present here) will appear as SCSI drives, so would be /dev/sdXY
(where X is a letter and Y is a number - usually 1).
The first thing to check is if Linux has picked up the card/stick.
Inset said card/stick and wait a couple of seconds, then type the
following into the command line (if you can get to one):
  dmesg

You should see lots of information, and at the bottom there should be
something about USB/SCSI mass storage and details of the /dev/sdXY
from above. If you do, then progress to see if Linux has automatically
"mounted" your card/stick. Again, the easiest way is from the command
line.  Type:
  cat /proc/mounts
and see what is mentioned about /dev/sdXY (from earlier).  Hopefully
you'll have something like:
/dev/sdc1 /mnt/media vfat rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,blah,blah,blah

The "/mnt/media" bit is where you would access the card/stick.

Hope this helps.
Grant.

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