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--- In magnia_sg20@yahoogroups.com, "camediauk" <martin4@e...> wrote:
\n> Thanks, I tried this but got "Permission Denied" I also tied
\nlinlu's
\n> suggestion at
\n>
\n> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/magnia_sg20/message/1939
\n>
\n> But I still could not copy files to the external USB disk.
\n>
\n> However I found this interesting Windows utility - Winscp at
\n>
\n> http://winscp.sourceforge.net/eng/
\n>
\n> As a newbie I don't know if this is well known but it solved the
\n> problem. It allows me to login as root and transfer files with an
\n> Explorer drag and drop feel.
\n>
\n> It also contains a useful synchronize folder utility
\n>
\n> Thanks
\n>
\n>
\n> --- In magnia_sg20@yahoogroups.com, parnott100 <no_reply@y...>
\nwrote:
\n> > This is the line I put in /etc/fstsb that allows writes to the
\nusb
\n> > disk.
\n> >
\n> > /dev/sda1 /home/usbdisk1 vfat noauto,rw,umask=000,uid=0,gid=0
\n0 0
\n> >
\n> > This will allow root to mount the disk ready for clients to read
\n> and
\n> > write to it. The important bit is umask=000, but not exactly
\nsure
\n> > what it does.
\n> >
\n> > Obviously the disk also has to be shared to allow Win clients to
\n> > access it.
\n> >
\n> >
\n> > --- In magnia_sg20@yahoogroups.com, "camediauk" <martin4@e...>
\n> wrote:
\n> > > Hi
\n> > >
\n> > > I am a newbie so this might be a really obvious question
\n> > >
\n> > > I have read other postings (thanks Brian Wilson) and have
\n> > > successfully mounted an external disk via a no name USB card
\nand
\n> I
\n> > > can copy files to the external disk using SSH.
\n> > >
\n> > > The problem I have is that while XP and Windows 2000 clients
\ncan
\n> > read
\n> > > files on the external disk they cannot copy files to the
\n> external
\n> > > disk. When the external disk is not mounted the same clients
\ncan
\n> > copy
\n> > > files to the folder I use to mount the disk (a sub folder in
\n> > Public).
\n> > > I have tried using chmod and chown. The external disk is
\n> formatted
\n> > to
\n> > > FAT32.
\n> > >
\n> > > Can anyone point me in the right direction?
\n> > >
\n> > > Thanks
\n> > >
\n> > >
\n> > >
\n> > > --- In magnia_sg20@yahoogroups.com, parnott100 <no_reply@y...>
\n> > wrote:
\n> > > > I have posted a file, SG20USBTempFix.txt, to the Files area
\n> that
\n> > > > details my progress towards getting a USB 2.0 pccard working
\n> on
\n> > the
\n> > > > SG20.
\n> > > >
\n> > > > All is not completed but I now have 2 USB 2.0 disks attached
\n> to
\n> > a
\n> > > > USB 2.0 pccard in the SG20, seemingly running reliably. The
\n> > system
\n> > > > has been up for about a week, much, much longer than the
\n> > previous
\n> > > > record of 12h.
\n> > > >
\n> > > > There is still more work needed to make this fix work for
\n> bootup
\n> > > and
\n> > > > shutdown, where it is still very unreliable. Hopefully this
\n> will
\n> > > > spur others to investigate resolutions. It may also mean
\nthat
\n> we
\n> > > can
\n> > > > attach other USB devices to the SG20.
\n> > > >
\n> > > > Let us all know your progress.