According to Felix Karpfen, > With the help of Google, I have located the following instructions > for configuring Debian to recognise the presence of a USB Memory-Stick: > > > ,----[ memory_stick.txt ]- > | USB memory stick > | > | * plug in Memory-Stick > | * become root (su -) > | * modprobe usb-storage > | * in /etc/fstab: directly after the line with "proc /proc ..." > | add a line like this: > | usbdevfs /proc/bus/usb usbdevfs noauto,user 0 0 > | * now root may mount the memory stick: mount /dev/sda1 /mnt > | and read/write on /mnt > | * in /etc/fstab enter a line as follows: > | /dev/sda1 /usbstick auto user,noauto 0 0 > | * mkdir /usbstick > | * in /etc/modules add: > | # For USB memory stick > | usb-storage > | * Now every user may mount and umount /usbstick > `--
These instructions are quite brittle since depending on your system config the stick may not come in as sdb, sdc, etc. For a more robust approach, I recommend reading the udev HOWTO. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
