Sorry for the noob questions - I have searched. How do I mount a usb device?
I have a sabrent usb multi card reader and I plugged in a cf card. I just have no idea where to even start?
I think I might want to do a usb drive install when I get more familiar with this. I want to purchase one to support DSL. I assume that since my cf card is through my usb port it should mount like a usb pen drive - trouble is I don't know how to do that either. I hate to be one of those people....
BTW, I am running on a toshiba tecra and just got this issue resolved.I have used a USB multi card reader succesfully with DSL And even installed DSL to a 64MB CF-card.
Few things that you should do:
1. connect the CF-card to the reader before you connect the USB card reader to the computer. (dont know if this step is really necessary, but this is what I do.. try this first and experiment later. )
2. Wait a few seconds and mount the USB card reader. with emelfm. Go to /mnt and select sda1, right-click the sda1 and select mount. If it doesnt work, try the same with sdb1 and sdc1
If it worked you can access your CF-card from /mnt/sda1
If that didn't work try manual mounting. Open A terminal and write:
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sudo su mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1
and you should find your CF from /mnt/sda1 ____ anacondaThanks for your help. I had the same problem with my 128M CF card on P4 2.8G 512M PC. When I put it in at USB port, all things freezed to stop - mouse pointer freeze, even Ctr+Alt+Del didn't work. After searching, found "anaconda's" help and through #2 I solved it. What I want to add to that is I changed my BIOS not using USB keyboard/mouse. A bit strange but it heldped my freezing problem and now I can read and write on the card at /mnt/sd5.
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