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John Hansen wrote: > > I am still a newbie that needs to be instructed in the art of Linux > filing which as a many year user of Windows I still find very confusing. > Why can I not open the files contained on a USB stick as drive E or F? > All I get is partition1 which really is of no use to me. I would like to > see what is on the USB stick with a click or two. Similarly I find the > way I am to file an Open Office file odd. Typically you should see an icon appear on the desktop when you insert a USB stick. Clicking that icon should show the content of the USB stick. If it isn't doing that perhaps we need to work on the settings. The "drive E:" thing is a Microsoft-ism. Although you can arrange for it to be called anything you like, typically it uses the label on the partition being mounted. So you normally get something more descriptive than E: or F:. Could you describe the set-up you have (which distribution and version, and which desktop (GNOME/KDE/other?) you are using, and what happens when you plug a USB stick in - and what you would like to happen. Simon -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html