moving files to sd drive?

cypherslock · 11-02-2011, 09:02 PM

Bought an 8 gb micro sd drive, plugged it in, it finds it. Have Astro. But for the life of me though I found the files I want to move, I can't seem to figure out how to do it. I hit select all and move....and nothing. I'm missing something and could use some guidance (please!)

Thanks

Cypher

rmorrow · 11-02-2011, 09:19 PM

Watch the tool bar at the top. After you do a long press move or copy, the left most icon will change to paste. Browse to the destination folder that you want and then press the paste button, and your files will be moved or copied.

Rick

cypherslock · 11-02-2011, 10:30 PM

That's the problem I don't know how to browse to where the sd card is....?

rmorrow · 11-02-2011, 10:53 PM

The external SD card is mounted at /mnt/extsd.

Rick

pokee · 11-03-2011, 12:40 AM

Yeah, I had the exact same issues yesterday:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=155614

Found that I could 'copy', but not 'move'.

cypherslock · 11-04-2011, 06:58 AM

Ok but how do I browse to there from within Astro? There doesn't seem to be a way to do so, so I can move things...

rmorrow · 11-04-2011, 07:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cypherslock

Ok but how do I browse to there from within Astro? There doesn't seem to be a way to do so, so I can move things...

The two buttons you'll use the most to navigate your file-system are the two left-most buttons; the "Home" button and the "Up" button. Tapping "Home" will put you in /mnt/sdcard. Tapping "Up" will move you up one directory to /mnt. To move to the external sd card you then tap on the folder named extsd.

These steps are the basics of navigating to anywhere in the file-system. I'd suggest checking out the astro home page at http://www.metago.net/astro-file-manager.php. They have a link to a video which frankly doesn't have a lot of useful info (it's basically a feature list) but if you look at the related videos that come up you'll find a few that seem to describe astro usage. As well, on the astro site you'll find links near the bottom of the page for a "Getting Started Guide" as well as a "FAQ" page.

Hope that helped!

Rick

rmorrow · 11-04-2011, 07:46 AM

LoL. I just checked the getting started and faq links on the astro site, and they don't seem to actually go anywhere! I did a little digging via google and found the following link into the astro documentation; http://www.metago.net/astro/fm/doc/help_index.php. That should be a little more useful than self-referential links...

Rick

Edit: Okay, I just discovered that the getting started and faq links work from the site main home page (http://www.metago.net), just not from the astro page. Geesh...

cypherslock · 11-04-2011, 11:59 AM

Got it! Thanks man!

11-02-2011, 09:02 PM	#1
cypherslock Groupie Posts: 178 Karma: 12392 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Vox	moving files to sd drive? Bought an 8 gb micro sd drive, plugged it in, it finds it. Have Astro. But for the life of me though I found the files I want to move, I can't seem to figure out how to do it. I hit select all and move....and nothing. I'm missing something and could use some guidance (please!) Thanks Cypher

11-04-2011, 07:46 AM	#8
rmorrow Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10784 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Device: Kobo Touch, Kobo Vox	LoL. I just checked the getting started and faq links on the astro site, and they don't seem to actually go anywhere! I did a little digging via google and found the following link into the astro documentation; http://www.metago.net/astro/fm/doc/help_index.php. That should be a little more useful than self-referential links... Rick Edit: Okay, I just discovered that the getting started and faq links work from the site main home page (http://www.metago.net), just not from the astro page. Geesh... Last edited by rmorrow; 11-04-2011 at 07:53 AM.

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11-02-2011, 09:19 PM	#2
rmorrow Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10784 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Device: Kobo Touch, Kobo Vox	Watch the tool bar at the top. After you do a long press move or copy, the left most icon will change to paste. Browse to the destination folder that you want and then press the paste button, and your files will be moved or copied. Rick

11-02-2011, 10:30 PM	#3
cypherslock Groupie Posts: 178 Karma: 12392 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Vox	That's the problem I don't know how to browse to where the sd card is....?

11-02-2011, 10:53 PM	#4
rmorrow Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10784 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Device: Kobo Touch, Kobo Vox	The external SD card is mounted at /mnt/extsd. Rick

11-03-2011, 12:40 AM	#5
pokee Fanatic Posts: 569 Karma: 199759 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Vancouver, BC Device: Kobo WiFi, Kobo Glo, Kobo Vox, Samsung Galaxy S4, Samsung Tab2	Yeah, I had the exact same issues yesterday: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=155614 Found that I could 'copy', but not 'move'.

11-04-2011, 06:58 AM	#6
cypherslock Groupie Posts: 178 Karma: 12392 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Vox	Ok but how do I browse to there from within Astro? There doesn't seem to be a way to do so, so I can move things...

11-04-2011, 11:59 AM	#9
cypherslock Groupie Posts: 178 Karma: 12392 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Vox	Got it! Thanks man!