Thanks guys. This helps a lot.

I researched fstab. Is my understanding correct: I should use UUID if I want to guarantee that the correct drive is mounted to the correct directory? Why does Linux default to /dev/sd* if it is so unreliable? why not just use UUID all the time?

btw this is the tutorial I used: http://www.howtogeek.com/139433/how-to- ... ge-device/

Hi, I made a network drive using my Raspberry Pi and a 2 GB flash drive. I have a few questions regarding it. First, what does it mean to mount a drive to a directory? Does it mean that that directory is now assigned to that drive? Does the OS uniquely identify each usb drive it detects? Like, if I ...

Dougie, I don't understand what you mean when you say to connect the RPi to my laptop. Can you (or someone else) please clarify? Just to clarify something from my end, the WiFi in my house is unaffected by this problem. The connection from my laptop to the RPi is what stops working (the laptop conne...

Hi, I am currently using a Raspberry Pi running Raspbian 7. I installed the Aircrack-ng and it works fine, but after a couple of minutes, my SSH connection to the Pi stops working (remote desktop stops working, too) and I have to restart it to connect again. The Pi is connected to the router through...

Thanks a lot pjc123 ! i got the taskbar to work by reloading the image like you said. the df -h was also quite helpful. thanks again for your help

Hi I just got a pi like two days ago, and im pretty impressed. i just have a couple questions. First of all, i cant see the taskbar. Is there supposed to be one at all? if there is, how do i access it? If there is no taskbar, how do i view the currently open files? Second, how do i see how much free...

howdy y'all

i just got a pi and i have a monitor, but it only has a VGA input. i found this HDMI to VGA converter. will it work?

thanks