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Re: fstab to mount as hal does it



Hi Seb,

You can do this by following these steps:

1°) Install packages: usbmount, hal and pmount

2°) Edit the file /etc/usbmount/usbmount.conf and modify these lines like that:

FILESYSTEMS="ext2 ext3 vfat"
FS_MOUNTOPTIONS="fstype=vfat,gid=floppy,dmask=0007,fmask=0117"

3°) Add your user to the group plugdev:

# adduser <your-user> plugdev

4°) To finish remount your fs:

mount -a -o remount

Or reboot your computer.

Ben

2009/6/11 Seb <spluque@gmail.com>
>
> Hi,
>
> I think it's hald daemon that mounts an external USB hard drive to
> /media/DISK_LABEL whenever one clicks on its icon in a file browser or
> the like.  This works very nicely if you're at the desktop, plug in a
> device and want to access it for a while, then unplug it and go away
> with your USB drive.  Permissions are left untouched in the USB tree,
> and /media/DISK_LABEL has root permisions.  It's not practical though if
> the drive is always by the desktop, as backup space or normal
> filesystem.  I have a few such devices and would like to do what hal
> does here, and avoid having to create a directory under /media with the
> label of all the drives, and worry about all the different mounting
> options and any other tricks hal does here.  Is there a way to have any
> of these devices that are plugged in at boot up be mounted
> automatically, to avoid having to mount them manually after booting?
> Thanks.
>
>
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