On (22/01/06 04:48), James wrote: > Hello, > > Well I have 2 different usb memory devices and I cannot > seem to get a fat (or ntfs) file system on them. > > I have to manually mount them with this command as coldplug > does not do it automatically. I have to use: > 'mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb' > Then I can use 'cp' to copy files onto the usb mem device but > windows can only see the name, not copy files off of the usb > mem device. > > Here's the fstab entries I have tried: > > none /proc/bus/usb usbfs defaults 0 0 > #/dev/sda1 /mnt/usb auto noauto,user,sync 0 0 > /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb auto noauto,user 0 0 > > I need to copy a microsoft (.exe) file from a gentoo (archive) > to a usb (1.0) memory device so it can be moved to a > windows pc. I want my gentoo system to auto-sense the usb memory > device including the file system type and make it so I can use > cp and other linux programs to copy files over to the windoz > file system on the usb memory sticks. If I have to I can use > 'mcopy' or other such program on the gentoo system to put > windows files onto the usb mem device, when it is plugged > into the gentoo system. > > Any good wiki's or docs? I've tried to follow several web pages but > most are old and none show how to have the fat (ntfs) file > system automounted upon insertion of the usb sandisk device, > which comes from a windows 2000 user, into a gentoo system. > > ideas? > > > James > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > Hi, Tranfering data Linux<->Windows through USB-stick works for me. First i've put FAT32 filesystem on USB, using some HP 'win' program. Windows reads/writes the data w/o problems. Linux automounts the stick (with 'vfat' fs) using dbus-hal-ivman trio. Don't have any settings (for USB) in my /etc/fstab. PS: don't forget to eject the Media before taking it out, both Lin&Win. HTH.Rumen
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