Re: Using USB pen drive

On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 16:43:28 -0700, Paul E Condon wrote:

> On Fri, Dec 30, 2005 at 05:13:29PM -0500, T wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I need to copy some file from my friend's USB pen drive, but wasn't able
>> to because I don't know how to properly mount it.
>
> The answer depends on which kernel version you are running, because
> there has been a switch from something older to something newer in the
> way usb pluggable devices are handled. The something newer is called
> 'udev'.

$ uname -rm
2.6.11-1-k7 i686

But based on my reading, the 'udev' will have the add-on capability to
give proper name for usb pens. If I understand correctly, not having it
will be no harm at all...




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