From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from linserver.gregn.net (linserver.gregn.net [IPv6:2001:470:d:6c5::1]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 07D9F1EF508 for ; Mon, 7 Jan 2013 00:47:40 -0500 (EST) Received: by linserver.gregn.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 83CAE44079; Sun, 6 Jan 2013 22:47:33 -0700 (MST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=gregn.net; s=default; t=1357537653; bh=awURhbqFwLYDcvIwe8nHMu5CCOnxqtU07a5sYquBBHw=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:In-Reply-To; b=uMPh7u0xcZBvd63SF1TE6W7/xv9n1JydMwoQsRB1KmNNAMzEq6w29eGFPBq4o3Wc+ iF5XCAG1SVAsIwSb4sqgAlNWBrinkIdQQUiOgu/9A4bcieKh4Sr0ImrVLhAKp90uuW M6vB7OWQx5UF/LhHZcH/SDBGi+a6+LvvXPu21FHU= Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2013 22:47:33 -0700 From: Gregory Nowak To: Glenn , "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: CLI, accessing another drive Message-ID: <20130107054733.GA32651@gregn.net> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-PGP-Key: http://www.gregn.net/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-BeenThere: speakup@linux-speakup.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2013 05:47:40 -0000 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 -- web site: http://www.gregn.net gpg public key: http://www.gregn.net/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org