[LBo] How do I get my thumb drive to work in Kanotix?

[Jisao]

ed bujosa wrote:
>
> Dear LinuxBasics folks,
>
>       I'm working in Kanotix and would like to be able to use my USB 
> thumb drive.  As I am still a newbie I don't know what additional 
> information you all might need to help; please let me know.  Can 
> somebody out there help me out with this?  Thank you in advance!
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Edward
I assume that you have Kanotix installed on drive.  If not, let us know.

I run Kanotix, so I can tell you how I deal with my USB gizmos.  I just 
plug them in in the USB port and I can read and write them using 
Konqueror, which happens to start automatically in the case of my MP3 
player automatically (mounted as /media/sda1), and my mp3 player memory 
card (mounted as /dev/sdb1).  So...

Just plug your USB thumb drive in a USB port.  It should be 
automagically detected and can be browsed in Kanotix with Konqueror.

By the way, Kanotix mounts stuff in /media.  The devices are in /dev, 
but are mounted for the user in /media.

(These USB gizmos tend to be vfat, although I am not sure about a thumb 
drive).

So I never go in the command line to access my usb devices.

However, the Kanotix gurus on the #Kanotix IRC channel recommend to 
unmount the device before unplugging it (even if it can just be 
unplugged, there is a risk involved for the filesystem and they don't 
recommend just unplugging).

Hope this helps.

Jisao