* CLI, accessing another drive @ Glenn ` Gregory Nowak ` Chuck Hallenbeck 0 siblings, 2 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: Glenn @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. 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 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: CLI, accessing another drive CLI, accessing another drive Glenn @ ` Gregory Nowak ` Chuck Hallenbeck 1 sibling, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: Gregory Nowak @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: Glenn, Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. 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 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: CLI, accessing another drive CLI, accessing another drive Glenn ` Gregory Nowak @ ` Chuck Hallenbeck ` Glenn 1 sibling, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread From: Chuck Hallenbeck @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: Glenn, Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. 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 > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Chuck in Hudson, i.e., Hudson on the Hudson. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: CLI, accessing another drive ` Chuck Hallenbeck @ ` Glenn 0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: Glenn @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Hi Chuck, Thank you for instructions, rather than recommending that I read the manual. Glenn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Hallenbeck" <chuckh@ftml.net> To: "Glenn" <glennervin@gmail.com>; "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@linux-speakup.org> 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 > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Chuck in Hudson, i.e., Hudson on the Hudson. _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@linux-speakup.org http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
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