[wellylug] Mounting USB flash memory

Centurion Computer Technology Ltd daniel at centurion.net.nz
Wed Oct 27 23:46:31 NZDT 2004


On Thu, 2004-10-28 at 10:50, Colin Klenner wrote:
> I recall this was discussed some time back but cannot remember the exact
> resolution so please can someone remind me what command I need to use
> to:
> a) identify where the USB memory stick is located
/dev/sdaX  where X is the nest free device number. is where it usually
turns up.
> b) what commands to use to automount it whenever I plug it in
You will have to look at hotplug to solve this one.  I think
automounting may be difficult because when it comes time to remove it
you have to unmount it before you unplug it otherwise you end up with
data corruption especially if you use the default fat filesystem on it.

I just setup an entry in /etc/fstab and a disk drive applet on the
desktop (Gnome) to mount and unmount it.


> 
> cheers in advance for helpful advice, sod off the unhelpful commentary
> -- 
> Colin Klenner <colink at clear.net.nz>
> Wellington, New Zealand
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