Why cant I access usb

[Rizla]

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Linux ubuntu 2.6.30.2 #11 PREEMPT Wed Jul 22 19:53:31 MDT 2009 armv5tel

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Last login: Wed Jun 16 04:10:18 2010 from home-c046192e8d.home
root@ubuntu:~# du -h /media
0       /media
root@ubuntu:~#

[NewIT_Marcus]

USB is either /dev/sda or /dev/sdb (depending upon whether your plug has eSATA or not). And you'll need to mount any partition(s) first.

[Rizla]

What's the problem with the SD card? Is this because it already exist?.

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Last login: Wed Jun 16 14:50:51 2010 from home-64cc86098f.home
root@ubuntu:~# /dev/sda
-bash: /dev/sda: Permission denied

[NewIT_Marcus]

The SD card is /dev/mmcblk0

/dev/sda isn't a bash command.

If you want to access your USB device:

Code:

mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
ls -al /mnt

[Rizla]

Sir, I'm as new to this game as a new born baby. There seams to be a lack of commands' all round, whether 'bash' or other command'

As I'm new I'm looking to get hold of as many commands' as possible to help me understand how things work.

I've noticed there are a lot more Linux users posting than Windows, I can understand why: what one needs is, if the poster posted the command along side the comments things would help newer converts Linux.

Anyway Thank you so-far.

[Rizla]

Why do I get this 'eth0: no IPv6 routers present' when there is nothing pluged into the USB port?

Also, do you have to mount a card in the SD slot?

Still running round in circulars in this dark room

[NewIT_Marcus]

Why do I get this 'eth0: no IPv6 routers present' when there is nothing pluged into the USB port?

Because no IPv6 routers are present. Presumably, like most of us, you are still using IPv4.

Also, do you have to mount a card in the SD slot?

You have to mount any storage device before it can be used. The SD card is /dev/mmcblk0; if it has (for instance) 2 partitions, then those partitions would be /dev/mmcblk0p1 and /dev/mmcblk0p2.