[H-GEN] using a USB thumbrive with Linux

[Sandra Milne]

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David wrote:

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> Hi all
> 
> I have access to a 512M JetFlash USB thumbdrive that I'd like to use with 
> Linux. I've never tried to do anything like this before on Linux.
> 
> I did modprobe usb-storage as suggested by a website that I found (brave 
> person that I am...) but I'm wondering if because this has been formatted on 
> a Windows box (and I can r/w it on my Windows box) it's unsuitable for Linux.

And what did you do after that??? Did you plug the drive in? Did you 
attempt to mount it?

I use these types of drive all the time in linux. Works great. Plug it 
in, mount /dev/sda0 and off you go. Great for getting network drivers 
onto a system that requires drivers not in a kernel (e.g. nforce chipset 
drivers).

Unfortunately I only have a 16meg drive so getting updated kernel onto a 
system usually requires getting the network drivers on first or burning 
a rw cd.

Sandra.
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