[PLUG] Slackware Install, 2nd try
Dick Steffens
dick at dicksteffens.com
Sun Nov 25 22:29:39 UTC 2018
On 11/25/18 2:24 PM, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Nov 2018, Dick Steffens wrote:
>
>> dick at ENU-1:~$ sudo dd if=~/Desktop/slackware64-14.2-install-dvd.iso
>> of=/dev/sdc
>> dd: failed to open '/dev/sdc': No medium found
>> dick at ENU-1:~$
>>
>> What am I missing this time?
>
> I will go out on a limb and suggest you mount the usb drive on /mnt/hd
> (assuming that's not being used for something else at the time.)
>
> When I mount a device and want to know how the kernel sees it I use
> 'tail
> -f /var/log/messages'[1] before I plug in the USB device. The kernel
> tells us
> what drive it sees; likely /dev/sdc in your case.
>
> Rich
> [1] Where your distribution posts kernel messages may differ; perhaps
> /var/log/syslog.
Answer found. See other post. umount unmounts differently than the GUI.
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Regards,
Dick Steffens
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