On Fri, 18 May 2007 21:42:16 -0400 oleksandr korneta <atenrok@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: <snip> > > > on 05/18/2007 12:08 PM Tim wrote: > > oleksandr korneta: > >> PS: I hate the person who came up with *brilliant* idea to move > >> all the removable stuff mounting configurations from fstab, > >> everything was so clear and easy there... > > > > As far as I'm concerned, removable media ought to work all by > > itself, without you having to do anything with fstab. It's the > > damn computer, it should figure out what to do. > > Tim, one thing I know for sure that in FC4 all the configuration was > managed through fstab and when I used to plug the pen drive the mount > point was created in /media and correspondent string was added to > fstab (thanks to whatever package was in charge of it). Thus, I was > able to either mount it manually or through the file-browser. And > everything was clear and transparent. And now this topic is 4 days > old and no one even can tell me where is the hal policy stored, so I > can identify the problem and fix it manually. Hear! Hear! Exactly. > > > > > Removable media can be a right pain with fstab, but you can still > > use it. Though be prepared for headaches when it comes to things > > not being connected at boot, USB drives that get plugged into > > different USB sockets or connected in different orders (/dev/sda > > one day, /dev/sdb the next time you plug it in after plugging in > > another device, first). > > I am familiar with this, and I know that pain, but at least whenever > something was wrong I knew it is my fault and I have enough expertise > to fix it. Now I know nothing. > >
