RE: How to use updfstab to mount usb media?

[Ow Mun Heng]

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> [mailto:[e-mail]]On Behalf Of Christopher Ness
> Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 4:21 AM
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases
> Subject: Re: How to use updfstab to mount usb media?
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> On Sat, 2004-03-20 at 14:21, Prasanth Kumar wrote:
> > I have an USB flash card reader and digital camera. I can
>
> mount both of
> > them manually by adding them to fstab and running a mount
>
> command. But I
> > want something more automatic that will add an icon to the
>
> desktop like
> > what happens with the cdrom when media is inserted. Is this possible
> > using updfstab tool? If so how do you use it? Is it possible to
> > integrate them into the Nautilus "Computer" window?

Here's what I put into my /etc/fstab file

/dev/sda1	/mnt/usb	vfat	users,noauto,noatime	0 0

Once done, you'll see the the option to mount when you right-click
on the desktop->disks->usb and you that will be that.

note : /dev/sda1 -> this is my usb partition. may vary from yours
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Dude.. Chill.... and at least help the guy..
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