OpenSuSE 12.1 and thumbdrive idiocy...

[MkIII_Supra]

So, I have tried on three different thumb drives all the same result. I am trying to copy a Windows driver from my OpenSuSE 12.1 laptop onto a thumb drive so I can install the network driver onto a fresh install of Windows on a laptop. But when I remove the drive, regardless how, the driver which will show up on the thumbdrive... disappears.

I have tried copying by GUI and by CLI, I even su'd to root and copied that way... same results. The thumb drive mounts, I copy the file, it shows as being ON the thumbdrive, I remove the thumb drive and the file... it disappears.

[saikee]

Couldn't explain such phenomenon myself. Seem to remember running into such problem before myself but I use Ubuntu mostly now and it reports the copying progress and I can click the device to mount or unmount easily.

However how about unmount the drive manually, using CLI, to let the file have time to be copied over.

[ladoga]

it shows as being ON the thumbdrive, I remove the thumb drive and the file... it disappears.

Maybe it's a sync issue. Try to unmount the drive before removing, that way the writes should be complete.

[teeitup]

Just an idea...

My Sandisk Cruzer USB sticks have 2 partitions by default. Threw me off when I first used them. Linux auto mounted only the data partition. Both partitions were available in windows.

Good Luck,