Tim: >> It was quite a few releases ago that the fstab file was subject to being >> rewritten automatically. Now, automatically mounted things are mounted >> without altering it. Marko Vojinovic: > So you are saying that the data that was to be written in /etc/fstab is now > written somewhere else for "mount /media/label" to find it? Where would that > be? I couldn't find anything in man mount. No, I'm saying that dynamically connected things don't have an entry written for them in the fstab file, automatically. Additional to that, you wouldn't mount them in that abbreviated manner, manually. As far as I am aware, the mount command refers to the fstab file, and doesn't have alternatives. Either you provide the full mount line for something that's not listed in the fstab file (mount <options> <device-location> <mount-point>), you create entries in the fstab file so you can use abbreviated mount command lines (mount <device-location> or <mount-point>), though note that you may end up fighting against the automounter, or you can use gnome-mount to get it work out the details. I haven't quite got around to looking at manual mounting on FC7, it's working automatically for me, quite fine. But the general premise is that the volume label of a device (as set on that device's file system) will be used for referring to that device and creating a like-named mount point inside /media (when you play with gnome-mount). I think you might want to have a look at man gnome-mount, it does detail a lot of things about what's involved. Despite the name, you're not forced into using Gnome at the time. Personally, I think it's a daft name, there doesn't appear to be a Gnome GUI, and I don't think it's a good idea to use a GUI name on something you might use solely on a text-only terminal. -- [tim@bigblack ~]$ uname -ipr 2.6.22.1-41.fc7 i686 i386 Using FC 4, 5, 6 & 7, plus CentOS 5. Today, it's FC7. Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
