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Topic: Is it possible to mount the USB Drive, that DSL is Booted From?

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jhoff80

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Posted: April 03 2005,07:08

I now got DSL to boot correctly using the toram setting. Is it possible to mount the same USB drive to read all of my files saved on there in the root directory of the drive? (In other words I want to read the files that I save on my USB drive using Windows).

tronik

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Posted: April 03 2005,13:38

yes. it is possible.

mount /dev/device /mnt/mntpoint

'man mount' for more info.

in DSL its actually possible to just type 'mount /dev/device' and not a mountpoint.

what is your device? i dont know. its wherever it says it is booting from when you startup, such as /dev/sda1 or /dev/sdb1.

you should be able to use the mount-app slit in fluxbox (on the bottom right of your screen) to mount anything that it detects.

enjoy.

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-william
atlanta, GA, USA

DSL 1.0+2.4.27/sata : P4 2.4norwood : 512ddr2 : nvgf4ti4200-64 : 128mbLexar Jumpdrive Elite

jhoff80

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Posted: April 03 2005,19:34

Thanks but I understand that already. Its just that when I try to mount the USB drive (sda1) that DSL is booting off of, it pops up the error message that it isn't ready or that its in use. I thought since DSL booted of the ramdrive (i'm using the toram mode), it should be able to be mounted.