On Thu, 20 May 2004 21:04:37 +0100 Giorgos Papamarkos <kaizer_soze_gp@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi there, > I've seen that this problem in quite common in list so I think > that > someone must have solve it > already. > I have an external USB Disk and I want to be mounted automatically > by > the system. > I added a new description in '/etc/updfstab' and once I plug the disk > the fstab is updated with a > new line, and a new icon representing the disk appears in Computer > link in GNOME 2.6 (I use fedora core > 2). The think is that : > The disk is not mounted automatically and I cannot mount it as a > simple user but only as root. > My digital camera (Sony P32), on the other hand, is detected and > mounted automatically with the right > permissions. Why isn't the same happens for the disk ? Doesn't both > use the 'usb-storage' ? What's the > prob. ? > > The other think is that when I have plugged in both my camera and the > disk, the fstab is not updated > as appropriate for the disk (but camera still works perfectly). I > think that this has to do with the 'partition' parameter in the > description in 'updfstab' (I have both set to 1) but I cannot see any > other option expect 'partition 1' since both devices are assigned to > /dev/sda1 and /dev/sdb1 respectively. > Reading manual page of updfstab didn't help more. > > Has anyone solve this problem ? I'd appriciate any help. I've not tried FC2 yet, but this works for me in FC1. # devlabel add -d /dev/sda1 -s /dev/usbdisk1 --automount Then add this line to /etc/fstab /dev/usbdisk1 /s/backup1 auto noauto,owner 0 0 Then it automagically mounts and unmounts as expected. I don't know if this is the Right Way To Do IT, but it works. Regards, Chris
