USB booting :: File transfer From USB To USB

mikshaw

I thought I was making progress but your comments have sowed seeds of doubt in my mind.

I take the point that the contents of my home directory are included in the backup every time I boot and shutdown. So how else do I get the mp3 files from my music device to become resident on my DSl usb device and capable of being accessed when using xmms?

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So how else do I get the mp3 files from my music device to become resident on my DSl usb device and capable of being accessed when using xmms?

- it's as easy as creating a folder on your dsl device and copying the files to there:

Code Sample

$ sudo mkdir /mnt/sda1/music
$ sudo chown dsl /mnt/sda1/music
$ chgrp staff /mnt/sda1/music
$ cp /mnt/sdc1/music/* /mnt/sda1/music

assuming your dsl device is sda1 and your music files are on sdc1

Juanito

The code sample makes it very clear what's needed. Many thanks.

I'm still coming to terms with a key phrase in Ms Garrels' book - "everything in Linux is a file except when it's a process".

Oh, wait until you get to piping and plumbing with Mario :cool:

Just to confuse you even more, everything is a file, except when it's a process, pipes can be both unless they're named

original here.