[GUIDE]Mounting storage in Ubuntu

**crimton** · 05-14-2011, 12:49 AM

I've been trying to get this to work ever since i got my xoom and now th TF, so i'm excited i can finally just plug my TF into my computer and view my files.

so with your transformer plugged into your computer do this:

Code:

 sudo apt-get install mtpfs

Code:

 sudo mkdir /media/tf101

Code:

 sudo chmod 775 /media/tf101

Then this should mount it

Code:

 sudo mtpfs -o allow_other /media/tf101

Always be sure to unmount before disconnecting by doing

Code:

 sudo umount mtpfs

You may also need to add a rule in /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules

Code:

 sudo nano /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules

add this line to the file

Code:

 SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0b05", ATTRS{idProduct}=="4e0f", MODE="0666", OWNER="" #Asus Transformer

placing your user name in the appropriate spot
save, then chmod:

Code:

 sudo chmod a+r /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules

Just browse to /media and it should be there

thanks to roach at xda for helping me figure this out.

to get it to automount: (i haven't tried this with the transformer so be sure to make a backup of your fstab in case you screw up your mounting points)

Code:

sudo gedit /etc/fstab

In the first unused line available you might want to type a comment like:

Code:

# mount point for tf101

then add this line after it:

Code:

 mtpfs     /media/tf101     fuse     user, noauto,allow_other      0      0

Next modify fuse.conf to allow_other:

Code:

 sudo gedit /etc/fuse.conf

uncomment the last line which should read:

Code:

 #user_allow_other

uncomment meaning remove the #

add your user to the fuse group:

Code:

sudo gedit /etc/group

a long file will open, press CTRL+F to bring up the find dialog and type

Code:

 fuse

close the dialog and fuse should be selected and visible.
At the end of that line with no space add your user name.

Save that file. Close it.

Lastly reboot your computer.

Now when your computer restarts, if you look at your "Places" menu you will see a Drive marked with 'tf101'

Plug in your transformer, and click on tf101 in Places.

Nautilus should open with all your files that you have on your device. It will also place a mounted drive icon on your desktop. If you would like to unmount, right click on that icon and click unmount.

As you can see this was a pain for me, but hopefully this solution will work for everybody. I know the instructions are really long but follow it and you will feel old school mounting your storage in your file browser.

NOTE: THIS WAS TESTED ON UBUNTU 10.10(and 11.04) ONLY, IF THIS WORKS FOR ANYONE ELSE PLEASE POST YOUR FINDINGS.

this last part was taken from xoomforums here: http://www.xoomforums.com/forum/moto...ge-ubuntu.html