[ydl-gen] Hardware Browser and external HD

[Derick Centeno]

Hi Kevin:

If you are in ydl open a terminal window and do

$ su -
# parted

Here's what happens within YDL when this is done.  Of course what  
follows is output from within my own system:

[root at arakus ~]# parted
GNU Parted 1.8.1
Using /dev/hda
Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
(parted) print

Model: FUJITSU MHT2080AH (ide)
Disk /dev/hda: 80.0GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: mac

Number  Start   End     Size    File system  Name                  Flags
1      0.51kB  32.8kB  32.3kB               Apple
2      32.8kB  1081kB  1049kB  hfs          untitled              boot
5      1081kB  106MB   105MB   ext3         untitled
3      134MB   35.7GB  35.6GB  hfs+         Apple_HFS_Untitled_2
4      35.7GB  40.0GB  4300MB  hfs+         eDrive
6      40.0GB  77.9GB  37.9GB  ext3         untitled
7      77.9GB  80.0GB  2089MB  linux-swap   swap                  swap

(parted)

Within parted you can type help for more detailed information.  Rest  
assured parted is very thorough with the capacity to reformat nearly  
any drive utilizing a variety of formats.  That's a whole different  
topic, however for what you are concerned about if parted can see  
your drive then theoretically it can be mounted onto the YDL filesystem.

Within email the above columns cannot be kept aligned; within the  
terminal they are fine.

The next step is mounting the dev so that it becomes available such  
that files can be copied to or removed from it.  This requires two  
steps:

A. Create a subdirectory name within /mnt as in:

#mkdir /mnt/somename

B.  Now that somename exists as a subirectory within /mnt now we can  
mount the directory in question and copy all its files into it by  
doing this:

#mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/somename

Obviously parted and YDL in general can recognize hfs and hfs+  
systems by default however  there are additional filesystems which  
YDL can see and they can be mounted as well. Do man parted, as in:

#man parted

for more information.  The above would work in any Linux/Unix  
environment with minor changes; it's a good strategy to keep in one's  
notes.

Now for the simple stuff.  Within e17 you already know that when you  
log in, your home directory appears within the first window.  On my  
system the user directory (as I'm the only user) is described  
internally as /home/aguila.  The window appears with the heading of  
aguila.  Within that solitary window a listing appears of those  
folders which e17 sees immediately.  Let's suppose that an external  
drive is available, it is on and physically attached via a firewire  
or usb port.  A quick way to get it mounted and available within e17  
so that you can copy, remove and edit files to that device is to do  
the following.

Notice that within that solitary window I mentioned there is a menu.   
One of them is called Places.  Open Places and then select Computer.
A new window will open showing a listing of devices which are seen by  
YDL.  Double click upon the name of the one you want to mount such  
that it is available within e17.  After you do this then a window  
displaying the files within that device will appear, that hard drive  
is now mounted and you can copy, modify or remove files as you wish.   
You can do this within the Desktop environment of e17 or from using  
standard Linux commands from within any terminal.

Standard file manipulation commands include cp (copy) and rm  
(remove).  refer to

#man cp

or

#man rm

for more details.

Also remember to google for more info regarding rm and cp on the in  
various Linux forums should you need more info.

All the best...

On Dec 8, 2008, at 6:00 PM, Kevin McMahon wrote:

> Have tried to access my external drives via the hardware browser  
> and they are there but how do I actually have access to them for  
> file transfers ect.? They are listed there but how do I mount them  
> for access? Any answers are greatly appreciated.
> TIA~
> _______________________________________________
> yellowdog-general mailing list
> yellowdog-general at lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general
> HINT: to Google archives, try  '<keywords>  
> site:terrasoftsolutions.com'