Linux & Internet (moved from Hardware)

lmk29o · #1 September 8th, 2005, 12:27 AM

I just thought of two more questions before i install Linux.

1. Can i use my USB Flash drive to transfer files from linux to pc and vice versa?

2. I have a Linksys CRX and a Linksys WRT54G reciever. Is there software for the reciever for linux? Can i use it?

THANKS

**Spider** · #2 September 8th, 2005, 01:02 AM

Hi lmk29o,

I've moved your thread over to the Linux forum where it's better suited.

**kage** · #3 September 8th, 2005, 03:29 AM

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1. Can i use my USB Flash drive to transfer files from linux to pc and vice versa?

You mean transfer files from linux to windows, right? And yes, you can. Linux can recognize ntfs and fat partitions, and write to fat partitions (ntfs write support is still sketchy). So as long as the usb drive contains a fat partition, you won't have a problem.

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2. I have a Linksys CRX and a Linksys WRT54G reciever. Is there software for the reciever for linux? Can i use it?

Yes, you might want to look into ndiswrapper.

bAdWaYz · #4 September 8th, 2005, 03:51 AM

The WRT54G is a wi-fi router. You don't need drivers or software for a router. If you have a wi-fi adaptor that is what you will most likely need ndiswrapper for "awesome link btw kage".

**kage** · #5 September 8th, 2005, 04:23 AM

Ah, I was thinking of the WPC54G, lol.

lmk29o · #6 September 8th, 2005, 10:21 PM

no software? for the reciever? I got the router to work fine without any, but the reciever is USB, and wouldn't work without the linksys drivers(in my experience) is there a linux driver for it?

**kage** · #7 September 8th, 2005, 10:55 PM

haha, I was right, awesome.

For the receiver, you can use the windows driver that came with it through ndiswrapper (see link in my earlier post).

lmk29o · #8 September 9th, 2005, 12:56 AM

Ok, i installed Mandrava Linux, but, im not on the internet with that computer because the Linksys reciever doesn't work. So im going to try downloading the program you gave me onto my USB pen drive, and then transfering it over to that computer so i can get it on. But i can't figure out how to access the files on the flash drive. How can i get to them? Also, is there like a "My documents" type folder, if so how do i get to that.

THANKS, first time ever using linux, just from installing it and looking around i already like it a lot, but im really confused as to file storing, as in an explorer or something so i can view documents and folders, usb drives etc

THANKS AGAIN

EDIT: I just figured out that i have a WUSB54G reciever not a WRT54G. So, that could change things...

**kage** · #9 September 9th, 2005, 03:21 AM

When you plug in your usb pen drive, open up a terminal and type 'dmesg'. At the bottom you will see something similar too:

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usb 1-6: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 10
scsi8 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usb-storage: device found at 10
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
  Vendor: LEXAR	 Model: JUMPDRIVE SECURE  Rev: 2000
Type: Direct-Access					 ANSI SCSI revision: 00
SCSI device sda: 502880 512-byte hdwr sectors (257 MB)
sda: assuming drive cache: write through
SCSI device sda: 502880 512-byte hdwr sectors (257 MB)
sda: assuming drive cache: write through
 /dev/scsi/host8/bus0/target0/lun0: p1
Attached scsi disk sda at scsi8, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
Attached scsi generic sg0 at scsi8, channel 0, id 0, lun 0,  type 0
usb-storage: device scan complete

The important part is this line:

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Attached scsi disk sda at scsi8, channel 0, id 0, lun 0

Notice it shows the disk as 'sda'. All devices in linux are listed as /dev/*. Your hard drive, for example, will most likely be /dev/hda or /dev/hdb. Now then, my usb drive (as listed above) is located at /dev/sda, and the first (and only partition, in this case) will be /dev/sda1. To mount it, you will need to edit /etc/fstab. Log in as root by entering 'su', you will be prompted for your root password. Once there, type in 'gedit /etc/fstab'. A text editor will open, with something that will look similar to:

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# This file is edited by fstab-sync - see 'man fstab-sync' for details
/dev/hdb1		 /				 reiserfs	 defaults,user_xattr 1 1
/dev/proc		 /proc		 proc		 defaults,user_xattr 0 0
/dev/hdb3		 swap			 swap		 defaults,user_xattr 0 0

This file is comprised of the device (/dev/*), the mount point (/*) the filesystem (reiserfs,ext3,proc,vfat,etc) and the mount options. At the last line, you will want to add your usb device by entering:

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/dev/sda1	 /mnt/sda1		vfat noauto,user,exec,umask=000 0 0

Note the filesystem type. Most usb filesystems use the fat(32) partition type, so you can leave it as vfat. Save and close the text editor, then run 'mkdir /mnt/sda1'. This will create the folder you are going to mount the device to. Once that is all done, type in 'exit' to log out of the root account, and run 'mount /dev/sda1'. If everything went well you will be greeted by the prompt:

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kage@eleanor ~ $ mount /dev/sda1
kage@eleanor ~ $

Using konqueror (or any other file manager) navigate to /mnt/sda1 and you should see everything on your usb drive.

To eject the drive, just run 'umount /dev/sda1':

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kage@eleanor ~ $ umount /dev/sda1
 kage@eleanor ~ $

Now then...

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Also, is there like a "My documents" type folder, if so how do i get to that.

Yes and no. The 'root' of the linux filesystem is '/', with all directories following it (such as /boot). The 'MyDocuments' in windows would be closest to /home/user in linux, where 'user' would be the username you use to log in. That is where all your personal files, application settings, etc are saved. This is one of the reasons viruses aren't as affective against unix-based systems, but I won't get into that right now.

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EDIT: I just figured out that i have a WUSB54G reciever not a WRT54G. So, that could change things...

Won't make much of a difference, you will use the windows driver (specifically the .inf file) that came on a cd with the device.

If you need anything else just let us know.

-kage

bAdWaYz · #10 September 9th, 2005, 05:38 AM

Awesome step by step kage...you be da man!

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EDIT: I just figured out that i have a WUSB54G reciever not a WRT54G. So, that could change things...

Yep