Hotplug: no more fstab entries

[John DeDourek]

dragoran wrote:

> Ralf Ertzinger wrote:
>
>> Hi.
>>
>> For some time now plugging in a new device does not create an entry in
>> /etc/fstab any more. The device shows up in nautilus just fine and 
>> can be
>> mounted and unmounted. Working from the command line is quite a 
>> hassle, though
>> (just like in pre-udev-days).
>>
>> Is this intentional?
>>
>>  
>>
> gnome-mount is used for mounts in the desktop now, so no fstab entrys 
> are needed.
> why are you require them?
> you only have to know where the device is mounted and which device it 
> is if you are working from the command line.
>
Which some of us do quite a bit of for specialized work.  I can't use
a Linux distro that doesn't have reasonable functionality when worked
from the command line, e.g. from a terminal window, from a console,
or via an ssh connection.