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jellywerker

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From: Sunny Seattle

Registered: 2005-04-04

Posts: 286

usb drive

I am getting an mp3 player like this: url=http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=73839&item=5785998111&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW]mp3 player[/url]

will it work with arch? if so, how would I use it?

babyigor37

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From: Arizona

Registered: 2003-12-06

Posts: 58

Re: usb drive

It's tough to say for sure since it's not a name brand player, but similar 1 GB samsung players work on linux.  If this player works like the Samsungs, it will mount as a usb hardrive.  For example, I have a line in my fstab file that reads :

/dev/sda1          /mnt/usb   vfat      rw,user,noauto             0     0

So whenever I need to put tunes on my player, I just plug it in and mount it as I would a DVD or any other removeable media and access it at /mnt/usb.  Hopefully your player will work the same way.

Cam

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From: Brisbane, Aus

Registered: 2004-12-21

Posts: 658

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Re: usb drive

Hopefully your player will work the same way.

I'd be very suprised if it didn't

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tmadhavan

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From: Wales :D

Registered: 2004-03-26

Posts: 441

Re: usb drive

Check if the device requires drivers to be installed. Most don't these days, but some do. If it does NOT require any drivers, and is therefore a removable USB hard drive, it should work well with Arch

Good Luck!

jellywerker

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From: Sunny Seattle

Registered: 2005-04-04

Posts: 286

Re: usb drive

it is a removable drive, with no drivers needed, and thanks for the input.