CLI, accessing another drive

CLI, accessing another drive

[Glenn]

Hi,
I know that other drives are devices such as /dev/sdb, or /dev/hdc, and the 
like.
But I am messing with Arch Linux, with Speakup, and I want to install Voxin, 
and I will plug in a thumb drive, it will probably be /dev/sdd.
can I just work my way to the folder in Arch that I want to put the install 
file, and do something like:
cp /dev/sdd/voxin-enu-4.3.tgz
and bring it in?
I am used to copying files with Ubuntu, and only using the CLI for 
installation of the files.
Glenn 

Re: CLI, accessing another drive

[Gregory Nowak]

On Sun, Jan 06, 2013 at 11:05:05PM -0600, Glenn wrote:
> Hi,
> I know that other drives are devices such as /dev/sdb, or /dev/hdc, and the 
> like.
> But I am messing with Arch Linux, with Speakup, and I want to install Voxin, 
> and I will plug in a thumb drive, it will probably be /dev/sdd.
> can I just work my way to the folder in Arch that I want to put the install 
> file, and do something like:
> cp /dev/sdd/voxin-enu-4.3.tgz
> and bring it in?

If you do what you wrote above, cp will tell you the destination
argument is missing or something like that. What you're proposing
wouldn't work anyway, even if you did provide the destination. In
GNU/Linux devices are referred to as files. So, /dev/sdd is a name for
your flash drive. You need to mount the contents of that device onto a
directory under /, then you can use the cp command. I would suggest
you do some reading up on the basics (use your favorite search
engine). Also, have a look at the mount(8) manual
page.

Greg


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Re: CLI, accessing another drive

[Chuck Hallenbeck]

Hi Glen,

On Sun, 6 Jan 2013, Glenn wrote:

> Hi,
> I know that other drives are devices such as /dev/sdb, or /dev/hdc, and the
> like.
> But I am messing with Arch Linux, with Speakup, and I want to install Voxin,
> and I will plug in a thumb drive, it will probably be /dev/sdd.
> can I just work my way to the folder in Arch that I want to put the install
> file, and do something like:
> cp /dev/sdd/voxin-enu-4.3.tgz
> and bring it in?
> I am used to copying files with Ubuntu, and only using the CLI for
> installation of the files.
> Glenn
>
You must mount the device, such as /dev/hdb1, /dev/sdb1, or the like, to a
point in your file system. Linux usually makes an empty directory available
for that purpose, such as /mnt, or /media. The mounbt command might look
like this:

# mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt

The number sign indicates that you must be root to do that. Once it is
mounbted, you can then use the cp command to copy your file from
/mnt/filename,  or /media/filename, just as though it were already present
on your system. You can also write to that device by referring to it as
/mnt, delete stuff from it, and so on, being careful when finished to
unmount it, something like this:

# umount /mnt

or

# umount /dev/sdb1

Either form is correct, and the unmount command is really spelled umount,
no kidding.

Chuck



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Re: CLI, accessing another drive

[Glenn]

Hi Chuck,
Thank you for instructions, rather than recommending that I read the manual.
Glenn
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Sent: Monday, January 07, 2013 5:06 AM
Subject: Re: CLI, accessing another drive


Hi Glen,

On Sun, 6 Jan 2013, Glenn wrote:

> Hi,
> I know that other drives are devices such as /dev/sdb, or /dev/hdc, and 
> the
> like.
> But I am messing with Arch Linux, with Speakup, and I want to install 
> Voxin,
> and I will plug in a thumb drive, it will probably be /dev/sdd.
> can I just work my way to the folder in Arch that I want to put the 
> install
> file, and do something like:
> cp /dev/sdd/voxin-enu-4.3.tgz
> and bring it in?
> I am used to copying files with Ubuntu, and only using the CLI for
> installation of the files.
> Glenn
>
You must mount the device, such as /dev/hdb1, /dev/sdb1, or the like, to a
point in your file system. Linux usually makes an empty directory available
for that purpose, such as /mnt, or /media. The mounbt command might look
like this:

# mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt

The number sign indicates that you must be root to do that. Once it is
mounbted, you can then use the cp command to copy your file from
/mnt/filename,  or /media/filename, just as though it were already present
on your system. You can also write to that device by referring to it as
/mnt, delete stuff from it, and so on, being careful when finished to
unmount it, something like this:

# umount /mnt

or

# umount /dev/sdb1

Either form is correct, and the unmount command is really spelled umount,
no kidding.

Chuck



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