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05/03/2004 Entry: "Linux and Jump Drives"

Got a Linux box and a USB jumpdrive? Configure your Linux machine so you can read it!

First, pick a mount point and create the directory:
mkdir /mnt/myjumpdrive

Then, In /etc/fstab file, add this line:
/dev/sda1 /mnt/myjumpdrive vfat user,umask=0 0 0

Now, you can just mount /mnt/myjumpdrive, cd to it, and the contents of the jump drive will appear.

Some folks have hacked their systems to autodetect. I don't use mine enough to bother, but maybe I'll do it in my copious spare time. $;^D






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