Re: Accessing usb in text

2013-10-02 Thread Rick Stevens
On 10/02/2013 07:16 AM, Ian Malone issued this missive: On 2 October 2013 14:02, Tim wrote: Something someone in Development ought to create is the ability to multitask in the text environment. There are things that allow it. I'm not sure about how convenient they are to use, though. Scr

Re: Accessing usb in text

2013-10-02 Thread Ian Malone
On 2 October 2013 14:02, Tim wrote: >> Something someone in Development ought to create is the ability to >> multitask in the text environment. > > There are things that allow it. I'm not sure about how convenient they > are to use, though. > Screen, bash job control, x windows virtual consoles

Re: Accessing usb in text

2013-10-02 Thread Tim
Tim: >> But that wasn't what Joe was talking about. Rather than edit the >> configuration files, he suggested temporarily changing the options >> that grub will use as it boots. Start booting, pick a kernel to boot >> from, but choose the edit rather than boot option. Richard Vickery: > I'm not

Re: Accessing usb in text

2013-10-01 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 26.09.2013 05:48, schrieb Richard Vickery: > On Sep 25, 2013 2:44 PM, "Joe Zeff" mailto:j...@zeff.us>> > wrote: >> >> On 09/24/2013 09:32 PM, Richard Vickery wrote: >>> >>> I believe that I would need access to the computer's OS tomove to a CLI >>> >> >> At boot, edit the kernel line in Grub,

Re: Accessing usb in text

2013-10-01 Thread Richard Vickery
On Sep 26, 2013 9:38 PM, "Tim" wrote: > > Allegedly, on or about 25 September 2013, Richard Vickery sent: > > I forget how to edit Grub: I thought editing was in /boot/grub and > > tried to vi grub.cfg finding an empty page... > > That was the old version. Now, the /etc/default/grub file, > and /

Re: Accessing usb in text

2013-09-26 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 25 September 2013, Richard Vickery sent: > I forget how to edit Grub: I thought editing was in /boot/grub and > tried to vi grub.cfg finding an empty page... That was the old version. Now, the /etc/default/grub file, and /etc/grub.d/ files are used for generating the grub

Re: Accessing usb in text

2013-09-26 Thread Richard Vickery
On Sep 25, 2013 2:44 PM, "Joe Zeff" wrote: > > On 09/24/2013 09:32 PM, Richard Vickery wrote: >> >> I believe that I would need access to the computer's OS tomove to a CLI >> > > At boot, edit the kernel line in Grub, adding a 3 to the end. This will boot you into a CLI one time. > > -- I forget

Re: Accessing usb in text

2013-09-25 Thread poma
On 23.09.2013 02:59, Tim wrote: > Allegedly, on or about 22 September 2013, Joe Zeff sent: >> It will be in /run/media/$USER/$DEVICE where $DEVICE is the drive's >> label if you set it, or whatever the OEM set up if you haven't. BTW, >> /run/media itself only exists when there's need for it, so

Re: Accessing usb in text

2013-09-25 Thread Joe Zeff
On 09/24/2013 09:32 PM, Richard Vickery wrote: I believe that I would need access to the computer's OS tomove to a CLI At boot, edit the kernel line in Grub, adding a 3 to the end. This will boot you into a CLI one time. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or

Re: Accessing usb in text

2013-09-25 Thread Richard Vickery
On Sep 24, 2013 11:27 AM, "Joe Zeff" wrote: > > On 09/23/2013 04:50 PM, Richard Vickery wrote: >> >> Automount works well on this machine in text, but then, why would it not >> work in text and work in GUI? What's the difference? > > > If the DE is doing the mounting, it has to be running, even in

Re: Accessing usb in text

2013-09-24 Thread Joe Zeff
On 09/23/2013 04:50 PM, Richard Vickery wrote: Automount works well on this machine in text, but then, why would it not work in text and work in GUI? What's the difference? If the DE is doing the mounting, it has to be running, even in the background. Try booting, moving to a CLI and logging

Re: Accessing usb in text

2013-09-24 Thread Richard Vickery
On Sep 22, 2013 5:59 PM, "Tim" wrote: > > Allegedly, on or about 22 September 2013, Joe Zeff sent: > > It will be in /run/media/$USER/$DEVICE where $DEVICE is the drive's > > label if you set it, or whatever the OEM set up if you haven't. BTW, > > /run/media itself only exists when there's need f

Re: Accessing usb in text

2013-09-22 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 22 September 2013, Joe Zeff sent: > It will be in /run/media/$USER/$DEVICE where $DEVICE is the drive's > label if you set it, or whatever the OEM set up if you haven't. BTW, > /run/media itself only exists when there's need for it, so looking > there ahead of time won't w

Re: Accessing usb in text

2013-09-22 Thread Joe Zeff
On 09/21/2013 06:17 PM, Richard Vickery wrote: I'm stuck in a text environment. I want to save stuff in /home to a USB drive but I forget how it is mapped / how the GUI accesses it; I know that it is under /run, and after this I am lost. It will be in /run/media/$USER/$DEVICE where $DEVICE is t

Accessing usb in text

2013-09-22 Thread Richard Vickery
Hi gang, I'm stuck in a text environment. I want to save stuff in /home to a USB drive but I forget how it is mapped / how the GUI accesses it; I know that it is under /run, and after this I am lost. Thanks for any help, Richard -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe