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Linux: RedHat / Mandrake v9.x: How to see (Windows FAT files) on your USB flash disk (in VMWare)?
Sep 17th, 2003 12:55
Knud van Eeden,
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--- Knud van Eeden --- 09 April 2003 - 03:06 pm ----------------------
VMWare: Operating system: Install: Linux: Mandrake: RedHat: File: USB:
How to install a USB solid state disk (e.g. containing Windows
software on FAT) in Linux Red Hat v9.0 or Linux Mandrake v9.0?
This might come handy, e.g. to copy files via your USB solid state disk
from and to Linux and Windows.
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Steps: Overview:
1. -If you should use VMWare (tested in VMWare v4.0 for workstations),
make sure that the USB is plugged in and recognized (you should
see the USB symbol on the taskbar right bottom, if not
unplug/replug, and or look and disable/enable in
menu 'Edit'->'Removable devices'->'USB port')
2. -in your Linux (tested in Mandrake v9.0 or Red Hat v9.0), open a
console window (or terminal) (e.g. by clicking on the icon on the
taskbar in Linux Mandrake, or in Red Hat
via menu 'System tools'->'More system tools'->'Terminal')
3. -login as root, by typing the following commands:
su
and supply
<your administrator password>
4. -activate your USB, by typing the following command:
mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/flash
5. -if you now e.g. want to show the files on this flash disk,
type:
dir /mnt/flash
you should see the (Windows) files on this USB solid state
disk
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Note: this should (probably) work by default in most of the (newer)
Linux operating systems (SUSE, Debian, Knoppix, ...), but I have not
tested this yet.
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Internet: see also:
http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/24400/fid/107
http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/23667/fid/1149
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[Internet: source: http://www.redhat.com/archives/redhat-install-
list/2003-April/msg00604.html]
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