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Cannot access USB drive through desktop shortcut
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MEPIS is cool!   Joined: Tue Jul 27, 2010 7:02 am Posts: 804 Location: Beirut - Lebanon Has thanked: 98 times Have thanks: 61 times 
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Post # 297776
 Cannot access USB drive through desktop shortcutI have been having problems with accessing the USB drive through the link on the desktop for some time now. I get it to work by changing the "Device" under "Properties" and then I have to do it again after a while. Sometime its /mnt/sdb1 and at other time its /media/sdb1 and sometime /media/ with a lsit of 40 + digits and numbers?
I am now unable to change the device as I only have the option to choose /mnt/sdb1 and when I open the drive from the panel I get this address /media/624281e9-ba51-4c0e-9437-50bf54d2cf14 Is there a way to force the USB drive to use the same device all the time? Thanks, Michel |
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| Tue Mar 27, 2012 9:19 am |
 
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Post # 297777
Re: Cannot access USB drive through desktop shortcut
Off the top of my head, I'd suggest creating a mount point for it, then set up an fstab entry using either the drive label or UUID. _________________ Asus M4A87TD USB3 AMD 870 Socket AM3 Athlon II X4 630 2.8GHz Quad Core GeForce 9500 GT 1GB PCIe, nVidia TwinView Kingston 2G x 2 1333 DDR3 WD Caviar 500GB x 2 SATA hdd |
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| Tue Mar 27, 2012 9:31 am |
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MEPIS Enthusiast  Joined: Wed Jul 12, 2006 5:54 am Posts: 9179 Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma U.S.A. Has thanked: 2718 times Have thanks: 574 times
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Post # 297784
Re: Cannot access USB drive through desktop shortcut For USB-connected drives you should probably go with using UUID.
See: http://www.mepis.org/docs/en/index.php?title=Uuid _________________ "There is no "slippery slope" toward loss of liberties, only a long staircase where each step downward must first be tolerated by the American people and their leaders." Alan K. Simpson |
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| Tue Mar 27, 2012 1:53 pm |
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MEPIS Novice   Joined: Tue May 19, 2009 12:49 pm Posts: 59 Location: Santa Maria Ca. Has thanked: 13 times Have thanks: 8 times
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Post # 297792
Re: Cannot access USB drive through desktop shortcut I have a USB harddrive and no problems accessing it from desktop it is setup as a hard drive with
/dev/sdb1 right click desktop> Create New>Link to Device>Hard disk device, then under device select /dev/sdb1 or type it in. You probably already knew the procedure, hope this helps. But be advised if you plug some other USB storage device in first that will be sdb1. |
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| Tue Mar 27, 2012 5:08 pm |
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MEPIS is cool! Joined: Tue Jul 27, 2010 7:02 am Posts: 804 Location: Beirut - Lebanon Has thanked: 98 times Have thanks: 61 times
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Post # 297816
Re: Cannot access USB drive through desktop shortcut The problem seems to occur if I access the USB drive through an application BEFORE I click on the desktop link. I will figure this out. Thanks.
Michel NB: Not really! |
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| Wed Mar 28, 2012 4:16 am |
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