Re: Problem getting large files from a GoPro

[Bryon Adams]

On Oct 9, 2016 4:00 AM, Mark  wrote:
> Hi
>
> I recently got a GoPro video camera and ran into some problems with
> getting the files from it to my Fedora 24 desktop. When connected via
> USB it automagically mounts and I can see the video files in Files. I
> can transfer small files (around 100MB) from it, but not large files
> (1GB). Don't know exactly where the limit lies. But in VLC I can play
> also the large files on the GoPro device even though I couldn't copy
> them.
>
> So I thought I would try to copy them from a terminal window. But I
> couldn't determine the mount point! I look in journalctl and df without
> getting any wiser.
>
> So my questions are: 
> How can I determine the mount point for a USB device? 
> What's the best way to copy large files over USB?

Does dmesg give you any output when you plug the device in? That's usually my go to for finding a USB. You can then mount it wherever you would like (ex: /mnt/myusb) using the mount command from a terminal. Just create a directory somewhere.