Re: Mounting USB devices (was : How Does One Re-run write_cd_rules Solved)
On Sun, May 06, 2012 at 02:54:42PM +0000, Camaleón wrote:
> On Sun, 06 May 2012 09:25:39 -0500, Martin McCormick wrote:
>
> (...)
>
> Nice to see you finally sorted the CD-R problem.
>
> > I still need to fix an entry in fstab to mount a FAT32
> > usb stick on a mount point called /flash. Since there are several
> > possibilities of usb devices that will be plugged in and have a FAT32
> > file system, I will need to screen for that in the ruleset, not the
> > device manufacturer as that would only match maybe one device at the
> > most.
>
> Why don't let the automounter (or udev rules in the event you don't have
> any DE installed)) automatically puts the unknown USB devices under "/
> media" or inside your own defined "/flash" mount point?
>
> Static mount points (those defined in "/etc/fstab") can be good for
> devices you know beforehand but not for those you know nothing about
> (unknown UUID, unknown LABEL...) because you cannot "identify" them.
>
There's also a package called "usbmount", which will automount
whatever mountable device you plug in via USB.
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