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    Can't paste music files onto slave (secondary) hard drive--Solved

    Today I tried to copy & paste my music files from a USB hard drive to an internal hard drive on my desktop. When I right clicked on the partition to paste a group of files, it wouldn't highlight the option to paste the files. Is this a permissions issue? I don't think it would be hardware. I'd just thought that permissions was a place to start.

    #2
    Re: Can't paste music files onto slave (secondary) hard drive

    If the destination 'folder' is not within your users /home partition, and the location isn't 'owned' by you, then yes, it's a permissions issue.

    Where are you trying to paste the files to?

    Another possibility is that the destination you are wanting to paste to hasn't been mounted yet. Can you get into the destination folder directly with Dolphin?
    Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007
    "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes

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      #3
      Re: Can't paste music files onto slave (secondary) hard drive

      Dolphin does show the secondary HD (slave). It has one folder on it, "Lost and Found". I can't create a folder on the partition.
      I formatted the HD as ext4. Does that create the permissions issue?

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        #4
        Re: Can't paste music files onto slave (secondary) hard drive

        Code:
        sudo mkdir <whatever mount>/mystuff
        sudo chown dab:dab <whatever mount>/mystuff
        Obviously, replace dab:dab with your own userid and group

        Then copy your files into <whatever mount>/mystuff

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          #5
          Re: Can't paste music files onto slave (secondary) hard drive

          Should "sdb1" be in there somewhere? Because it is physically mounted as the slave HD.

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            #6
            Re: Can't paste music files onto slave (secondary) hard drive

            see my edit as you were posting

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              #7
              Re: Can't paste music files onto slave (secondary) hard drive

              Originally posted by DAB4970
              Should "sdb1" be in there somewhere? Because it is physically mounted as the slave HD.
              you can also do this in the GUI if you can open dolphin as root (it has ben broken for some)

              eneyway press alt>F2 and type
              Code:
              kdesudo dolphin
              in the box.

              go to your drive and add a folder(DIR) then rite click it.... click propertys.... click the permitions tab and change owner root , group root to owner you , group you .......ware "you" is your user name.

              close the root dolphin ............open a normal dolphin and test

              VINNY

              i7 4core HT 8MB L3 2.9GHz
              16GB RAM
              Nvidia GTX 860M 4GB RAM 1152 cuda cores

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                #8
                Re: Can't paste music files onto slave (secondary) hard drive

                yes, thanks, that did it.

                kdesudo dolphin

                Selected partition, right-click in open white space, selected properties, then permissions, and in the "User" field replace "root" with my userid

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                  #9
                  Re: Can't paste music files onto slave (secondary) hard drive--Solved



                  skunk's advice was sound......but you nead to know a bit about the CLI to get it.

                  I like a GUI to if posable :P

                  VINNY
                  i7 4core HT 8MB L3 2.9GHz
                  16GB RAM
                  Nvidia GTX 860M 4GB RAM 1152 cuda cores

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