On Wed, 2005-10-26 at 17:22 -0400, Michael S. Peek wrote: > Sanjay Debian wrote: > > > I'm a n00b who's trying to figure out how to mount USB stuff. I > > hear hal will > > do just that, but when I run "lshal", I get the following error: > <snip> > > I had no idea you have to do so much just to mount usb. On my unstable > > debian install I can install my usb flash drive like this > > > > mount -t usbfs /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb > > Ah, but I'm no ordinary n00b. I'm a Power-N00b, the most dangerous of my > breed... > > But seriously, allow me to clarify my question: > > I'm trying to figure out how to automount various USB devices in a consistent > manor such that a generic clueless user can use their own devices without > having to remember whether or not that flash drive is sdb1 or sdb2, etc..., > or > for that matter, without the user having to even know what "mount" means. > (After all, if I let users mount stuff, it's just a matter of time before > someone forgets to unmount, and then they call me wondering why files are > broken/missing.) > > I have heard that the hal package can be used to automount USB stuff upon > connection, and auto-unmount it upon disconnection, and that it will even > mount > it according to the product's name (if that can be determined). > > That sounded exactly like what I wanted, but I've run into a snag with dbus-1 > seg-faulting on startup. > > My alternative option is to set up udev to recognize devices and map them to > consistent names in /dev and then add user-mountable entries in /etc/fstab, > but > that may require that I create rules files for /etc/udev/rules.d/ for > (potentially) every single device that a user may bring into my office, which > is what I would like to avoid if possible. It would be sweet if the computer > could just figure it out for itself, hence my interest in hal. > > BTW, I'm running Debian sarge w/ 2.6.8-2-686 kernel. > > Any help is good help, thanks in advance...
GNOME or KDE? With GNOME 2.10+ and gnome-volume-manager, I just plug in the pen drive, it automounts, an icon appears on the desktop and nautilus it up. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "In forty hours I shall be in battle; with little information; and on the spur of the moment will have to make the most momentous decisions; But I believe that one's spirit enlarges with responsibility and that, with God's help; I shall make them; and make them right." General George S. Patton -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
