F18: USB flash drives do not mount

Joe Zeff joe at zeff.us
Tue Jan 22 21:10:17 UTC 2013


On 01/22/2013 10:18 AM, Bill Davidsen wrote:
> I'm using XFCE, and that doesn't auto mount, but it does put an icon on
> the screen so I can choose to mount, or put the device in /etc/fstab, in
> which case it will get mounted. All USB devices should be mounted in
> fstab by UUID, use blkid to find out what it is. Mounting by device name
> may give you a "learning experience" if you plug something else in!

So do I.  Under Settings, go to Removable Drives and Media.  On the 
Storage tab, there's an option to have them auto-mount if that's what 
you want.


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