I use the following method in Linux: 1. download the file to : /home/rudy/book1/book1.zip cd /home/rudy/book1 unzip book1.zip rm book1.zip At this pount you now have a subdirectory containg all your unzipped files and the original book1.zip file has been removed. Now plug in your sound cartridge to your Linux USB port using a USB extender cable, and mount the sound cartridge onto your file system. I wrote the following script for my Linux machine: x=`fdisk -l | grep "/dev/sd.1" | sed -e "s/ .*//"` [ "$x" = "" ] && x=/dev/sda1 mount -t vfat $x /mnt/flash Explanation: The fdisk -l helps me find the usb because it is the only scsi type drive in my system. I discovered that the system mounts a different scsi drive every time I plug it in and this was just the simplest way for me to discover it without modifying my /etc/fstab. Your solution may differ :-) Once you have mounted your sound cartridge as /mnt/flash: cd /mnt/flash mkdir book1 cd book1 cp /home/rudy/book1/* . At this point you have copied all your unzipped sound files into a subdirectory on your sound cartridge. Now plug the sound cartridge into your digital player and turn it on. The DP will find it. Note that you can load a lot of books at one time. My 1 gig sound cartrige holds up to 7 or 8 books depending on size. I typically use very short file names for the directory or zip file names. e.g. Nelson Demille's The Gold Coast will end up as gold.zip and be in /mnt/flash/gold Have fun. Rudy On Thu, Mar 04, 2010 at 01:23:38AM -0700, Brian Tew wrote: > Ok I got a digital player from the library. > I can download books from bard noproblem. > What do I need to get the files from the computer to the player using linux? > Do I need any special software for that? > > t i a. > > --Brian Tew > do not reply to this address. it is a spam trap. > please use: btew at bresnan dot net > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- Rudy Vener, Owner and founder Pizza Galaxy - Online ordering and Email marketing for independent restaurants. Phone: (203) 230-9662 Website: http://www.pizzagalaxy.com Restaurant owners, our online ordering and Email marketing service keeps your customers coming back. Get our free report: The Top 7 Ways for Restaurants to get Customers Online. Go to http://www.pizzagalaxy.com/top7ways.html to get your free copy. see for yourself how customers hear about restaurant online ordering by following us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/pizzagalaxy _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list