August 3, 2009, 9:50 am
I recently got hold of a 1 GB USB memory stick. It is a Kingmax 1 GB flash drive (U201G – U2GMHDWG) which is (believe it or not), half the size of my little finger. In fact, it is so small that there is a good chance I might misplace it somewhere if it was not tethered to a chain. Anyway, the USB stick has a FAT partition on it and contain some data which I wanted to access in GNU/Linux. I was using Ubuntu and it straight away detected the device as soon as I inserted it and it was automatically mounted in the /media/USB DISK location.
But when I tried to mount it in a bare bones Linux distribution (a distribution which has just enough software as is needed), it was not mounted automatically. This is because the auto mounting takes place by means of a program known as hotplug which detects the USB device that is inserted in real time and then mounts it in the desired location.
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December 4, 2008, 12:09 pm
You can mount ISO images via the loop device. It is possible to specify transfer functions (for encryption/decryption or other purposes) using loop device.
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November 21, 2008, 3:17 pm
One of my least-favorite error messages is the one that says a volume can’t be ejected because it is in use. The vague advice to “try quitting applications” often leads me on a wild goose chase — somehow it always seems to be the last application I try that has a document on the volume open.
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March 5, 2008, 2:06 am
What is mounting As you know, you can store your data in different physical storage devices, like floppies, CD-ROMs, and hard disk drives. Your hard disk or disks are also very likely split up into different partitions with different filesystems.If you’re migrating to Linux from Microsoft Windows, you’re probably used to accessing all your filesystems very easily: you just boot up your puter, go to My Computer, and find all your Windows partitions there immediately. For example, if you have a second hard drive (or a second Windows partition), it automatically appears as D:\ and you can immediately access it. The same goes for floppies, CD-ROMs, digital cameras, and other storage devices – you just plug them in, and you’ll be able to immediately access them. However, this isn’t the case in Linux.
You’re probably a bit confused at first: you put your floppy or CD into the drive and start wondering why you’re not able to access it! This is because your floppies, CDs, hard disk partitions, and other storage devices must be attached to some existing directory on your system before they can be accessed. This attaching is called mounting, and the directory where the device is attached is called a mount point.
After the device is mounted, you can access the files on that device by accessing the directory where the device is attached. When you’re done and want to remove the floppy or CD or other device, you need to detach, unmount, it before removing it.
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