[How-To] Use Your Dingoo On Linux

[Yarkle]

Hello this is just a short tutorial i made on how to use your dingoo on any linux distro. First want you want to do is open a terminal and type "su" then type your root password. Once your root type "fdisk -l" and look at the output. It will be sloppy on the Dingoo device because it has no partition table. For mine the device is called /dev/sdj so what you do next is type "mount /dev/sdj /media" then press enter. Now the device is mounted and ready to use. Next type "cd /media" then "ls" and it should say "FLASH GAME MUSIC PICTURE RECORD TXT VIDEO" This is good and means that everything is working. The next thing you need to do is open a file manager like PcmanFM or the Gnome default "nautilus" in the terminal and go to the /media directory and open the folders you want to transfer files into etc. Then just unplug it when your done and it will be ready to go. Enjoy!

derp@funbox ~ $ su
Password: 
funbox derp # 
funbox derp # fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 40.0 GB, 40016019456 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4865 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0001ce4f

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1           4       32098+  83  Linux
/dev/sda2               5          38      273105   82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda3              39        4865    38772877+  83  Linux

Disk /dev/sdj: 4140 MB, 4140302336 bytes
128 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1018 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 7936 * 512 = 4063232 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x6f20736b

This doesn't look like a partition table
Probably you selected the wrong device.

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdj1   ?       98052      241891   570754815+  72  Unknown
Partition 1 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
     phys=(357, 116, 40) logical=(98051, 51, 11)
Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings:
     phys=(357, 32, 45) logical=(241890, 104, 51)
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sdj2   ?       21257      265212   968014120   65  Novell Netware 386
Partition 2 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
     phys=(288, 115, 43) logical=(21256, 30, 47)
Partition 2 has different physical/logical endings:
     phys=(367, 114, 50) logical=(265211, 52, 42)
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sdj3   ?      235621      479576   968014096   79  Unknown
Partition 3 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
     phys=(366, 32, 33) logical=(235620, 18, 30)
Partition 3 has different physical/logical endings:
     phys=(357, 32, 43) logical=(479575, 39, 39)
Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sdj4   ?      363620      363627       27749+   d  Unknown
Partition 4 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
     phys=(372, 97, 50) logical=(363619, 12, 25)
Partition 4 has different physical/logical endings:
     phys=(0, 10, 0) logical=(363626, 11, 33)
Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary.

Partition table entries are not in disk order
funbox derp # mount /dev/sdj /media 
funbox derp # cd /media/
funbox media # ls
FLASH  FOUND.000  GAME  MUSIC  PICTURE  RECORD  TXT  VIDEO

funbox derp # nautalis

 

[Gocho]

I love bash a lot, but is easier with Gparted.

 

[Ayla]

Or you could just plug the dingoo, and pop! nautilus opens the device.
That's really not that difficult


Edit: "Then just unplug it when your done and it will be ready to go"
That's the best choice if you want to corrupt the filesystem.

 

[Gocho]

Or you could just plug the dingoo, and pop! nautilus opens the device.
That's really not that difficult


Edit: "Then just unplug it when your done and it will be ready to go"
That's the best choice if you want to corrupt the filesystem.

Doesn't Work.
Some Dingoos don't have any partition table and a lot of systems can't mount it. Works in XP, but doesn't work in Vista, Debian or Ubuntu 8.x

 

[Yarkle]

Or you could just plug the dingoo, and pop! nautilus opens the device.
That's really not that difficult


Edit: "Then just unplug it when your done and it will be ready to go"
That's the best choice if you want to corrupt the filesystem.

Doesn't Work.
Some Dingoos don't have any partition table and a lot of systems can't mount it. Works in XP, but doesn't work in Vista, Debian or Ubuntu 8.x

Exactly. If it were that easy i wouldn't of even wrote this.

 

[Ayla]

Why don't you write a tutorial to fix the partition table instead ?
I did this on mine few hours ago, it works fine and is detected everywhere.