USB drives

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the gnome desktop in dapper or debian etch or later distributions, a USB drive should show up as an icon on the desktop after being inserted, without any special work on the part of the user. For safety's sake, it is best to unmount the drive before pulling it back out, by right-clicking on that icon and selecting "unmount volume" in the menu that pops up.

For users with older systems (Freekbox3) follow the instructions below:

In use the following command (as root): 

mount /dev/sda1 /mnt -o gid=floppy,umask=002

Followed by opening up /mnt in a browser such as konqueror or firefox. Remember to use: 

umount /mnt

when you are done.

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