(u)mounting of USB devices

[Michelle Konzack <linux4michelle@freenet.de>]

Hello *,

because I have not found a suitable answer on other mailing lists I try
it here.  :-)

I have:

A desktop which MUST run WITHOUT GNOME and KDE.  There is only fvwm and
some programs, because it is used in Enterprises and some schools.
        
I mount USB devices with wmmount and:

  __( '/home/michelle.konzack/.wmmount' )_____________________________
 /
| mountcmd=/bin/mount %m
| umountcmd=/bin/umount %m
| 
| opencmd=/usr/X11R6/bin/xterm -fn 10x20 -e mc %m ~/
| 
| namecolor=red
| namefont=-*-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
| 
| usagecolor=blue
| usagefont=-*-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
| 
| ledcolor=red
| 
| icon /usr/share/wmmount/blank.xpm
| icon /usr/share/wmmount/cdrom.xpm
| icon /usr/share/wmmount/floppy.xpm
| icon /usr/share/wmmount/harddisk.xpm
| icon /usr/share/wmmount/zip.xpm
| 
| mountpoint /media/usbkey
| name=USB
| iconnumber=0
| usagedisplay=1
| 
| mountpoint /media/usbreader/cf
| name=CompactFlash
| iconnumber=0
| usagedisplay=1
| 
| mountpoint /media/usbreader/sd
| name=SecureDigital
| iconnumber=0
| usagedisplay=1
| 
| mountpoint /media/usbreader/sm
| name=SmartMedia
| iconnumber=0
| usagedisplay=1
| 
| mountpoint /media/usbreader/ms
| name=MemoryStick
| iconnumber=0
| usagedisplay=1
| 
| mountpoint /dev/fd0u1680
| name=Floppy
| iconnumber=2
| usagedisplay=1
| 
| mountpoint /media/cdrom
| name=CD-Rom
| iconnumber=1
| usagedisplay=1
| 
| mountpoint /zip
| name=ZIP-Drive
| iconnumber=4
| usagedisplay=1
| 
| mountpoint /dev/fd0u1440
| name=fd0u1440
| iconnumber=2
| usagedisplay=1
 \____________________________________________________________________

and

  __( '/home/Misc/FLOPPY/etc/fstab' )_________________________________
 /
| /dev/hdc        /media/cdrom            iso9660 noauto,user,ro   0 0
| /dev/hdd1       /media/zip              auto    noauto,user      0 0
| /dev/fd0u1680   /media/floppy           auto    noauto,user      0 0
| /dev/fd0u1440   /media/floppy           auto    noauto,user      0 0
| 
| /dev/sda1       /media/usbreader/cf     auto    noauto,user      0 0
| /dev/sdb1       /media/usbreader/sd     auto    noauto,user      0 0
| /dev/sdc1       /media/usbreader/sm     auto    noauto,user      0 0
| /dev/sdd1       /media/usbreader/ms     auto    noauto,user      0 0
| 
| /dev/sde1       /media/usbkey           auto    noauto,user      0 0
 \____________________________________________________________________

Now my problem:

If we connect an USB key (e.g. IBM 256 MB) to the external USB Port and
mount it while clicking on the "name" USB1 it will be mounted correctly.

Now we umount and put an other USB Key (e.g. Emprex 128 MB) in, and we
can not mount anymore because the NEW USB key is detected on /dev/sdf1.

Question:       How can this problem solved?  Is there a switch to
                disable this kernel-module memory effect?

                We can only remount on /dev/sde1 if we unload and reload
                the module usb-storage.

Note:   I have already coded a small BASH script which check all 5
        seconds if /dev/sde1 is mounted and if not, it unload the
        usb-storage module and reload it.  But this is consuming
        unnecesary resources.


Thanks for your Help
Michelle

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