Re: mount pendrive fstab entry ?

["H.S." <hs.samix@gmail.com>]

B.Hoffmann wrote:
> B.Hoffmann wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > after some experimenting my fstab entry for mounting a pendrive now
> > looks like this
> >
> > dev/sda        /media/usbdrive auto    rw,user,noauto  0       0
> >
> > but it still doesn't work (obviously or would not post).
> > Before wasting more time on trying to figure out this relatively
>
> simple
>
> > issue I thought maybe you guys would hopefully be kind enough and give
> > me a quick solution just by posting what entry you got.
> >
> > Ah, and it's formatted in ext2 so auto in above is probably wrong? Or
> > should it work with auto?
> >
> > Thanks a lot once again.
> > (It's been a while since last posting here anyway)
>
>
>
> What Debian distribution are you using and what kernel?
>
> ->HS
>
>
> 2-6-12-10-k7 on Ubuntu 5.10 here. Automount used to work but broke a
> long while ago, meaning don't remember anymore when and what led up to
> it. Possibly kernel upgrade.

hmm ... so you are actually using Ubuntu. Anyway, if you are using 
/etc/fstab to mount your usb stick, make sure your usb stick gets 
detected as the appropriate device. When you connect your stick to the 
USB port, what messages you get in /var/log/syslog? Give this command:
$> tail -n 25 -f /var/log/syslog

and then insert the usb stick and watch what you get on the terminal 
output and paste it here.

Second, I was under the impression that you actually wanted a 
plug-and-play sort of thing. That is, plug in the usb stick and it's 
icon is shown automatically on the desktop. Is this so? If so, then are 
you a member of the plugdev group? What version of udev and 
gnome-volume-manager do you have?

->HS