Any storage device with a USB interface (USB stick, USB hard disk, …).
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How to re-mount a USB stick after unmounting from Nautilus without disconnecting it?
I find that in order to re-mount a USB stick, I have to physically disconnect it, and then re-connect it. How can I do this without such tiring physical action?
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can't change file permission
Whenever I create or copy few shell files to usb storage device, then I am not able to make them executable.
If I create test.sh, it's default file permission will be 644, but when I execute
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power management of USB-enclosed hard drives [closed]
With a typical USB hard drive enclosure, is the full range of drive power management functionality available?
edit: moved this into a separate question:
In what may be an unrelated matter: is it ...
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How to reconnect a logically disconnected USB device?
It is possible for a USB storage device to become logically disconnected: the device is still plugged in, but is invisible from the operating system (e.g. it's not listed under /proc/bus/usb). Maybe ...
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USB storage devices aren't automatically mounted when inserted on a fresh install of Debian 6.0
I installed Debian 6.0 (squeeze) a few days ago on my machine. I installed the default GNOME desktop, standard settings. Unfortunately, I just noticed that when I plug in USB storage devices (external ...
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slitaz 4.0 grub2 loopback concatenate multiple initrd images
I'm trying to get slitaz 4.0 ISO to boot using a grub2 loopback on a multiboot USB;
insmod font
if loadfont /boot/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
insmod gfxterm
# insmod efi_gop
# insmod efi_uga
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How to avoid powering down certain USB devices when a machine is suspended
I'd like to maintain power supply to a USB-powered drive when the system goes into suspend (AKA S3 or "suspend-to-RAM") mode.
Normally the power is cut while the machine is suspended, which causes it ...
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Is it possible to create a bootable usb from a partition?
Is it possible? How hard would it be to do so?
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How to completely rebuild boot partition with grub as well?
openSUSE 11.4, I have boot partition on pendrive.
The problem is when I boot computer, grub immediately shows error "file not found" (I have no clue which file) and switches to "rescue mode".
I can ...
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3answers
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USB mount doesn't work on Centos 6.4
I have a problem. After an update, my USB drives are not mounted automatically and I'm unable to mount them manually...
The output of my fdisk -l command is:
Disk /dev/sdb: 15.8 GB, 15762194432 ...
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How to auto-sync with a plugged-in USB mass storage device?
I have (at the moment) three mobile USB mass storage devices (flash drive, phone, e-reader). I'd like to always have the latest versions of all my files with me (such as CV, passport, research papers, ...
