I'm running DSL-4.2.4 on a USB pendrive and can't work out how to transfer MP3 files from another USB pendrive to my DSL pendrive.
Any help would be appreciated.I'm not sure how your dsl pendrive is setup, but you need to make sure that the partition to which you want to copy the files is mounted - there are several ways to do this in dsl-4.x:
right-click on one of the icons near the top left and chose mount/your_device start emelFM, navigate to /mnt right-click on your_device and chose mount open a terminal window and type sudo mount -t vfat (for example) /dev/your_device /mnt/your_device
You can also do this for your other usb stick, navigate to the two sticks with emelFM and then use "copy"
Of course in dsl-4.x, there is also the drag n drop route...Thanks for that.
I used emelFM to mount the other USB drive (sdc1), opened its "mymusic" folder and typed "cp *.mp3 /ramdisk/home/dsl/mymusic". Job done. Reminds me of my old DOS days.Slightly off topic and probably self-evident but may be of use to another newbie: having found that transferring .mp3 files onto my DSL pendrive slowed down backup/loading appreciably I'm now using XMMS to play the files directly from the "music" pendrive instead.
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typed "cp *.mp3 /ramdisk/home/dsl/mymusic".
Although it eventually winds up on the usb device, that command is not actually copying it there.
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transferring .mp3 files onto my DSL pendrive slowed down backup/loading appreciably
The transfer was actually to /ramdisk/home/dsl/mymusic, which is in your home directory (in ram, not on the pen). The slowing of backup and restore is because these music files are being included in the backup every time you boot and shutdown. As Juanito said, you will need to mount the device and move the files out of your home directory and into /mnt/whateverNext Page...
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