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Re: using a USB flash mem device


Tom Hall wrote:
I got this nice little Sandisk "sansa express" MP3 player that plugs into the
USB port on my XP machine.

Unlike other USB devices I've used, Windows doesn't give this thing a drive
letter, but does something else; it shows up on the "explorer" window and kind
of acts like a drive there, but it doesn't show up in the /cygdrive directory.

Is there a way I access this with cygwin as if it were a drive ?


Check under the Disk Management snap-in in Windows (under Administrator
Tools, Computer Management).  If it shows up there, you should be able
to set a drive letter.  If not, you may be able to access it using /dev/sdXX
syntax.  See <http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-specialnames.html> for
guidance on how to map the information you see here into /dev/sdXX form.


-- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746

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