Thanks Francois,

That did the trick (after I figured out that user wasn't a real user ID and I found out a one that worked).

The working line is:

mount -t vfat -o uid=29999 /dev/sda2 /home/user/MyDocs/USB/ipod

Works great and now my tablet's a really useful travel tool!

Just wondering if I've done this a funny way or if not many non-linux people have needed to get USB storage write capability on their devices? You guys have been a great help but the device has been out for some time and there should be guides readily available for this kind of thing.

The other thing I'm interested is in writing a script or editing the fstab to automatically mount and umount the devices I'm using.


I'll get to writing that guide too!!

James