On Sun, 2005-10-16 at 10:45 -0400, oleksandr korneta wrote: > on 10/16/2005 10:27 AM Bill Perkins wrote: > > >>I agree here. And more than that, all stuff is kept being mounted into > >>/media deirectory despite the fact that by the unix-way there is a /mnt > >>directory intended for this. So if there is any config file which > >>allowes me to fix that, please point me to it, i'm going to put the > >>things in my way immediately > >> > >> > > > > > > Would you believe /etc/fstab? > > > dear Bill, you are missing the point. > Whenever I plug my flashdrive/externel_hdd/mp3_player into usb port the > new mounting points created by fstab are > /media/lexar, /media/kingston, /media/depends_on_flashdive_manufacturer > /media/vfat, /media/linux, /media/depends_on_hdd_filesystem > /media/iriver, /media/iaudio_g3, /media/again_by_playertype_and_vendor > > all this mounting points are naturally wiped out after the ums-device is > unplugged. Thus, if you notice the common thing for all of them is > /media directory the purpose of which (when there is /mnt) I'm not > getting at all. I would be glad if someone could explain it to me. But > the main point the whatever the reason is I dont need this directory on > my system and want to teach fstab-sync to not use it either. Now how to > do that? > The coherent thing here is that all devices that are _media_ are having the mount points created in /media. The mount points are dynamic and are created/removed when the device is attached/removed. The tool that does that is udev. IIRC there is a file in /etc that tells udev how to handle things but I do not remember the name of it. This has been discussed a lot here and the archives should have lots of pointers. > -- > regards, > Oleksandr Korneta > >
