How to add a JumpDrive Secure - 128MB usb thumbdrive - linux

[crouse]

Have one of these ? http://store.digitalfilm.com/index.cfm?category=15&productid=JDS128-231&details=Yes
I just got one. Thought I should share how to get this fun little toy working under linux, in case someone else needed the info besides me

BTW my favorite line on that page above is:

Minimum System Requirements:
·Windows 2000/XP
·Mac OS 10.1.5
NOT !!


To add it to your system you can try this.
cdrecord --scanbus

In my system that shows a line in the output that looks like this:

scsibus1:
1,0,0 100) 'LEXAR ' 'JUMPDRIVE ' '1.30' Removable Disk
1,1,0 101) *
1,2,0 102) *

Open /etc/fstab file and add the line:
/dev/sda1 /mnt/jumpdrive vfat user,umask=0 0 0

NOTE: Dont forget a carriage return at the end of this line !! IE: move your cursor down one line by hitting the enter key one time ........ before saving !!! Otherwise you'll get a nice little error message

Okay....... so now we have found the jumpdrive, made the appropriate entry in the fstab file, saved it. ......... now we only have a couple more things left to do.

We have to create a directory for the jumpdrives contents to be displayed into. So from a terminal type the command: mkdir /mnt/jumpdrive

Then (since I use KDE/Gnome/Bluecurve mostly) right-click on the desktop and add a new HARD DISK device. You should be able to connect your jump drive and click the icon now and have the contents of your drive accessible

That should be it, unless I missed something. Works very very slick. Special thanks to Nukes for helping me get my fstab entry right http://www.usalug.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1316

[Germ]

sweet.

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[Tiger]

Very useful.
Just got a 256M Sandisk for Christmas.

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[nukes]

Nice of you to write it up in this sort of format
Glad its sorted
I'll get round to buying something like this one day ;

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[mmmna]

Now that's a useful post!!

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[geeshock]

Sounds cool. Mabe this will help me with the problem I've been haveing

[Hoogie]

I've got everything except how to add it to disks on the desktop.

[edit]Ooops. I rebooted, and found it on the desktop. I also found it in /proc/scsi/scsi. [/edit]

[mmmna]

[Hoogie]

I'm using RedHat 8.0, and nothing you have described exists in my menu.

[Hoogie]

It appears, that I didn't have to do anything but plug it in, and reboot. It came up with the Icon on the desktop, and I copied and pasted a folder to it, and it worked.

Edit. I'm losing my mind. I forgot I created a mount point, and made an entry in /etc/ fstab.

[munky]

Very nice! Just curious, what is the difference between the secure and non secure??

-=mUnky=-

[crouse]

The secure has some Windows Software that allows you to encrypt the data using the software that's on the drive.......... course I just deleted it, and use KGpg

[munky]

Very nice, I don't really need one of them with my PDA and a CF card as I can always save data.

-=mUnky=-

[crouse]

He he, yeah, I like that it fits on my keychain and can carry it in my pocket everywhere

[mr_ed]

Can you format it with a non-FAT filesystem? (or do you want it for Windows compatibility?)
I remember reading somewhere that FAT shortens the life of flash drives.

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