Re: Pendrive not mounted when another usb device is plugged in

[Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com>]

On 08/16/08 07:00, Rodolfo Medina wrote:

>> I have Debian Etch.
>>
>> In my /etc/fstab there is the following entry:
>>
>>  /dev/sda        /mnt/sda 	vfat    rw,user,noauto       0       0
>>
>> , so I normally mount my usb pendrive simply with:
>>
>>  $ mount /mnt/sda
>>
>> .  But, now that I have a usb umts modem (Huawei e169), when it is plugged
>> in
>> I don't manage to mount the pendrive: the system claims that the medium is
>> `not found'.  Then I have to unplug the modem and plug the pendrive in
>> again.
>>
>> Can anybody suggest a possible cause/remedy?



Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> writes:

> [...] in /etc/fstab I'd refer to that drive not as /dev/sda but by it's UUID.


All right, I did so and now the mount problem seems to be fixed.  But now,
when I want to unmount it, with: `umount /mnt/sda', the output is:
`Segmentation fault', and the drive is not unmounted.

How to unmount it now?

Thanks
Rodolfo