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| DOS
Linux 2.4
Please select the problem most relative to your issue
from below: 1. How do I mount
the drive?
2. I cannot read or write from
or to the drive.
1. How
do I mount the drive?
First of all, you must be running linux kernel 2.4 or
above. Only these kernels have built-in support for USB
mass storage devices. Also, you must be logged on as root
or have executed the su ("superuser") command
before continuing.
After connecting your DataStor to your computer, turn
the DataStor on. The linux system should recognize your
DataStor and assign it as a scsi device. The specific
device assignment for your DataStor will vary but it
should be similar to: /dev/sda1 or /dev/sda2, for example.
Next, open the file: /etc/fstab and add the following
line:
/dev/sda1 /mnt/DataStor vfat noauto,user 0 0
(The above assumes that your DataStor device was assigned
to /dev/sda1 and that you want the DataStor to appear
in the /mnt/DataStor directory of your directory tree.
Please enter the device assignment appropriate for your
system. You may change the /mnt/DataStor entry to your
desired mount point.)
Finally, to mount the DataStor , type the following
command:
mount /mnt/DataStor
(The /mnt/DataStor entry should be the same as whatever
you entered in the fstab file earlier.)
After you have mounted the drive , the contents of
the drive can then be read/written by referring to /mnt/DataStor
as the drive's
root directory.
It is *very* important to unmount the drive before
turning it off,
otherwise you may lose your most recent writes, as Linux
seems to buffer a lot of information between writes
with this device:
umount /mnt/DataStor
Alternative method
Simply type the mount command as follows:
mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/DataStor
The key points here are that the drive type is vfat
(Windows/DOS format rather than Linux), the device node
is /dev/sda1 (or whatever device has been assigned by
your system), and the mount point is /mnt/DataStor (or
whatever your preferred mount point).
As stated above, be sure to unmount the DataStor before
shutting down or disconnecting the drive.
Note: We'd like to thank our customer Andreas Kaempf
for submitting this information to our support staff.
If you are having problems mounting your drive, please
contact our technical
support team here.
2. I
cannot read or write from or to the drive.
In some Linux kernel versions you’ll need to set
the read write permissions. To do this, you’ll need
to be in the super user account.
After connecting your DataStor to your computer, turn
the DataStor on. The linux system should recognize your
DataStor and assign it as a scsi device. The specific
device assignment for your DataStor will vary but it
should be similar to: /dev/sda1 or /dev/sda2, for example.
Next, open the file: /etc/fstab and add the following
line:
/dev/sda1 /mnt/DataStor vfat noauto,user rw 0 0
(The above assumes that your DataStor device was assigned
to /dev/sda1 and that you want the DataStor to appear
in the /mnt/DataStor directory of your directory tree.
Please enter the device assignment appropriate for your
system. You may change the /mnt/DataStor entry to your
desired mount point.)
Finally, to mount the DataStor , type the following
command:
mount /mnt/DataStor
(The /mnt/DataStor entry should be the same as whatever
you entered in the fstab file earlier.)
After you have mounted the drive, the contents of the
drive can then be read/written by referring to /mnt/DataStor
as the drive's
root directory.
It is *very* important to unmount the drive before
turning it off,
otherwise you may lose your most recent writes, as Linux
seems to buffer a lot of information between writes
with this device:
umount /mnt/DataStor
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