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Re: gnome-volume-manager mount options for removable devices



On Thu, 2006-10-05 at 12:08 +0200, Ismael Valladolid Torres wrote:
> When not adding mount options to /etc/fstab for my removable devices,
> once plugged they get mounted properly under /media, but unfortunately
> they don't get mounted with the sync option and it's a must when
> trying to put images and music to my mobile phone.
> 
> I know I can add an entry to /etc/fstab overriding
> gnome-volume-manager options. Unfortunately the mobile phone sometimes
> it's located at /dev/sde1, sometimes at /dev/sdf1, and even sometimes
> at /etc/sda1. Putting options for all those files in /etc/fstab
> pointing to the same mount point would probably work, but would
> definitely be an ugly solution.
> 
> I'd be glad to know if there's any way to tell gnome-volume-manager to
> always mount removable devices with the sync option, so /etc/fstab
> entries are not needed.

Try editing /etc/hal/fdi/policy/preferences.fdi, there is a section
about "how to put sync and noatime on for devices smaller then 1Gb and
off for device larger then that".

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