USB Thumbdrive: LiveCD detects, HD Install does not

[Agent]

dudes!!
've been usin knoppix in my comp(hdd) not in live mode.. the usb drive is not gettin detected.. but if i try knoppix in live mode & tn connectin a USB Thumb drive its gettin detected..Hope u guys can help me???
am usin an old knoppix distro.. version is 3.2

[techieMoe]

dudes!!
've been usin knoppix in my comp(hdd) not in live mode.. the usb drive is not gettin detected.. but if i try knoppix in live mode & tn connectin a USB Thumb drive its gettin detected..Hope u guys can help me???
am usin an old knoppix distro.. version is 3.2

I've edited the title of your thread to more accurately describe your problem. From what I gather you're saying that your USB thumbdrive is detected when you run Knoppix as a LiveCD, but not on your harddrive install?

First let's see if it actually is getting detected, just not mounted. Try plugging in your USB thumbdrive while you're booted into your harddrive install of Knoppix. Now open up a terminal window and type the following command:

dmesg

Pay attention only to the last few lines that it outputs. Do you see anything like "detected filesystem, mounted at /dev/sda1" or something similar? If so, copy/paste it here. It would also help us if you could say what version of Knoppix you're using.

[Tim_Wright]

Thanks for stepping in there Moe.

Tim

[Agent]

I've edited the title of your thread to more accurately describe your problem. From what I gather you're saying that your USB thumbdrive is detected when you run Knoppix as a LiveCD, but not on your harddrive install?

First let's see if it actually is getting detected, just not mounted. Try plugging in your USB thumbdrive while you're booted into your harddrive install of Knoppix. Now open up a terminal window and type the following command:

dmesg

Pay attention only to the last few lines that it outputs. Do you see anything like "detected filesystem, mounted at /dev/sda1" or something similar? If so, copy/paste it here. It would also help us if you could say what version of Knoppix you're using.

Yeah.. dude am usin knoppix 3.2.. 've tried that 'dmesg' but am not gettin any error messages related to USB!!!

[techieMoe]

Yeah.. dude am usin knoppix 3.2.. 've tried that 'dmesg' but am not gettin any error messages related to USB!!!

Are you sure? The messages won't say "USB" necessarily. Post the last few messages you get from dmesg anyway.