Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 09:08:25 -0400 From: "Tsu-Fan Cheng" <tfcheng@gmail.com> To: "Lowell Gilbert" <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to mount USB memory (Thumb Drive) and then to copy files Message-ID: <f84c38580710160608k233146bq305acb64a9eba786@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <44ir572srz.fsf@Lowell-Desk.lan> References: <47145458.2090201@yahoo.com> <44ir572srz.fsf@Lowell-Desk.lan>
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1. plug in the drive 2. read your dmesg, look for device such as da0 (for me) 3. su as root, run "mount_msdos /dev/da0s1 /mnt then check /mnt, u should be able to use it now after u finish, 4. umount -f /mnt TFC On 10/16/07, Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> wrote: > > williamkow <williamkow@yahoo.com> writes: > > > Could anybody assist me on how to mount a USB memory drive/thumb drive, > > so that I can copy file to and from it. Thank you. > > Or, alternatively, install the mtools port, which will let you copy > files back and forth without mounting the device into your > filesystem. Much less danger of removing it without remembering to > unmount it. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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