USB memory sticks

[gallopingalice]

I've added a 32GB memory stick to my Pi set-up.
I can read and write files to this stick using the GUI and file-manager or the Leafpad editor.
However, access is denied from the command line, root and branch.

I have missed a trick somewhere! any ideas?

gallopingalice

[gallopingalice]

Well, who'da thought it. I can use nano and the stick IF I use the desktop terminal, but not the post login command line inputs. What can be the difference?

gallopingalice

[bantu]

You probably have to mount your USB stick filesystem before you can use it. Desktops usually take over mounting filesystems of removable for you.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_%28computing%29 for more background.

[0117blocky]

What I found which works is use a wildcard.
ls /media/* which gives you access to "USB DISK"