Hi Chuck, Thank you for instructions, rather than recommending that I read the manual. Glenn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Hallenbeck" <chuckh@xxxxxxxx> To: "Glenn" <glennervin at gmail.com>; "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at 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 at 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 at linux-speakup.org http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup
