[K12OSN]usb/pen/thunbdrives& floppy access>this works!

[Calvin Park]

I believe it is possible to access multiple USB pendrives if you setup
multiple /dev/sdx entries, for instance instead of only /dev/sda1 also
setup /dev/sdb1, and so on. This allows multiple USB pendrives to be
plugged in during the same session. Of course each sdX entry needs a
different name. I don't use Mtools to access our floppies, CDROMs or USB
drives here. I use a different method. Though the method I use does have
some issues and is far more complicated to setup. Also, do you need to
reboot the entire terminal, or just have the user log off in order to
use a second USB drive? Anyway, just my two cents. 

-Calvin

On Tue, 2005-04-19 at 20:45 +0200, Zouhir.Hafidi at math.univ-lille1.fr
wrote:
> > Eric,,
> >
> >     I have tryed this setup on several thin clients and 4 servers ,like I
> > said and works without a  hitch.
> >
> >     Get ya a terminal with a floppy, & usb ports that are detected
> > ,correctly during bootup, and you can see that it does work.
> I confirm ;-)
> 
> > BTW : I think
> > the usb/pendrive has to be inserted in the terminal before you boot the
> > terminal.
> No, you haven't to insert the usb key before booting the terminal.
> 
> You can insert a same USB key as many time as you want but if you insert
> another key, it will not be accessed until you reboot the terminal as I
> explained it in
> http://math.univ-lille1.fr/~hafidi/terminal-services/authentication_and_homedirs_on_linux.html#local_drives-1
> 
> ZH
> 
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