I've seen this, but I'll give it another shot. I tried one command and it
didn't show anything like they said to look for, but I just now saw there
were 2-3 more I can try.
But let me take a step back: what is "mounting" anyway? We're not riding
horses here (lol). I found out "mount" is a command that does <something>,
but what does it mean? I've read tons of SO posts like that, but in
general they tend to lead to more questions than answers, as they are
usually written by people who already have some knowledge of the apparently
super-complex subject. I'm used to pressing Windows E, navigating to
"D:\My USB\My Stuff.file" and being done with it. :)
Thanks, and have an awesome weekend!
On Fri, Nov 30, 2018 at 9:42 AM Aaron Cannon <cannona@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Reading the answers here should help get you started:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/37767/how-to-access-a-usb-flash-drive-from-the-terminal
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On Nov 29, 2018, at 23:42, Mike Fox <mfox32322@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'm not even sure how to use it correctly. I just typed "mount" for the
heck of it, and got a bunch of code that really doesn't mean anything to
me. It would take a week to transcribe it, but one example line is "cgroup
on /sys/fs/cgroup/devices type cgroup
(ru,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,devices)". I don't think it's an error...
maybe it's listing potential devices? I only have 3-4 USB ports but there
are well over a dozen lines of this ciphertext. I'm guessing there are
other required command-line options, unknown to all but the ultimate
gurus. Maybe I can do "man mount" to get a general gist, and then Google
each option in depth to get a clue lol.
On the other hand, it kind of sounds like you DO know how to do this - any
pointers? :)
On Fri, Nov 30, 2018 at 12:30 AM Juan Hernandez <juanhernandez98@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
So when you use the mount command to mount your drive, unmder //mnt/
there should be a directory for your disk drive to access the files. That
is usually what happens. Is this not happening for you?
Best,
*From:* program-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <program-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> *On
Behalf Of *Mike Fox
*Sent:* Thursday, November 29, 2018 9:25 PM
*To:* program-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Subject:* [program-l] reading/writing USB data in Linux?
Hey guys,
So I've been using Linux a lot lately; VMs at home and work, the
Raspberry Pi, but I've never been able to figure out how to save files to a
USB drive, or open existing files stored in a USB drive. I've done plenty
of Googlework, and apparently there is this concept called "mounting"
involved, but I haven't been able to dig up a clear explanation of what it
is, how it works, if/when it is required, which Linux distros require it,
etc. etc. etc. I've tried running a few commands from Stack Overflow
posts, and they don't throw errors or anything, but they don't work either;
and again, explanation is scarce. Maybe there's a "man usb" or something?
:D
So what is a super-simple thing in Windows is advanced cryptography in
Linux apparently... has anyone here ever managed to launch this rocket?
lol thanks
