cbagger01
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Posted: Aug. 19 2004,02:42 |
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If your USB device is MASS STORAGE COMPLIANT, it should work fine with DSL.
Usually a device is compliant if you can plug it into a Windows 2000/Windows XP computer and use it like a Removable Drive without the need to install any additional drivers. Most "thumb drives" are mass storage compliant.
Mass storage compliant drives also are commonly are listed as supported for use with Mac computers.
Another way to check is to see if your device is listed at the linux usb web site:
http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/
And obviously the best way to learn is to try it and see if it works.
Basically, you should do the following:
(1) Set your computer's BIOS to allow booting from the CDROM device, or if your computer does not support booting from CDROM, then you can follow the instructions for creating a boot floppy.
(2) Insert your DSL CD disk (and boot floppy if needed) and close the CDROM tray. Turn off the computer.
(3) Insert your USB device into an available USB port.
(4) Turn on your computer and boot DSL. Search the forums for help if you have any problems with booting.
(5) Once you are up and running, you can "mount" your USB drive and your hard drive partitions by using the Mount.app icon in the lower right corner of the desktop. The USB device is usually located at "sda1". Your hard drive partitions are defined as follows. FAT partitions can be accessed for reading or writing. NTFS partitions can be used for read only.
Primary IDE Disk #0
Partition number Partition Type Linux Name
1 Primary hda1
2 Primary hda2
3 Primary hda3
4 Primary hda4
Extended Partitions are stored inside primary partitions.
They are referred as MSDOS extended partitions by Microsoft:
5 Extended hda5
6 Extended hda6
7 Extended hda7
etc...
and for IDE disk #1, the nomenclature is hdb1, hdb2, hdb3, etc
Secondary controller IDE disk #0 (aka IDE disk 3) is hdc1, hdc2, hdc3 etc...
Use the Emelfm file manager to move files to your usb device.
Point the right window pane to directory named /mnt/sda1
and point the left window pane to directory named /mnt/hda1 (substitute hda1 for your appropriate disk partition name).
Highlight the file or files that you wish to copy and press the "Copy" button and the files will be copied into the right pane location.
If you want to move files back to your hard drive, highlight the files in your right pane and press the "Copy" button and the files will be moved into the directory located inside your left window pane.
When you are done copying, close down emelfm and go back to your mount.app and "Unmount" device sda1 (push the button so the green light goes out).
Then it is safe to remove your USB drive.
If you right click on a blank part of the desktop, a "Start" menu will appear with a choice to power down. This will shut down the computer.
Remove the CDROM (and boot floppy if needed) when you are prompted.
Then reboot and you are back in MS Windows-land.
HTH
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