On Sat August 16 2008, Ron Johnson wrote: > What does "# tail-f /var/log/syslog" tell you when you insert the drive? > ok, I inserted a brand new USB stick ( a nice new 4GB..) looked in syslog and it looks like this: Aug 16 08:39:12 paulandcilla kernel: [50428.685327] sdg: sdg1 Aug 16 08:39:12 paulandcilla kernel: [50428.719914] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdg] Attached SCSI removable disk Aug 16 08:39:12 paulandcilla kernel: [50428.719914] sd 10:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg7 type 0
but it didn't automount. what do I need to do to make it automount? > BTW, GNOME & KDE automount such drives for you. Are you using > something else? If so, in /etc/fstab I'd refer to that drive not as > /dev/sda but by it's UUID. I have 2 or 3 different USB sticks that I would like to automount, how do I find out or determine their UUID?? in the process of looking at what i do have mounted, I noticed a bunch of chroot stuff.. paulandcilla:/var/log# mount (skip the normal mounted stuff) devpts-live on /home/live/chroot/dev/pts type devpts (rw) proc-live on /home/live/chroot/proc type proc (rw) sysfs-live on /home/live/chroot/sys type sysfs (rw) ------------------- I was attempting to make a Debian ISO using someones web HOW-TO, but that was last week.. what have I done to my system, and how do I get rid of those mounted things?? -- Paul Cartwright Registered Linux user # 367800 Registered Ubuntu User #12459 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
