On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 1:29 PM, Jason Heeris <jason.hee...@gmail.com>wrote:
> On 11 October 2010 23:52, vishnu vardhan <vishnuvardhan.li...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > to mount the usb flash drive : > > > > [a] start mc and search for jet under /dev/disk/by-id folder and note > down > > the name, for e.g. sdb1 > > This is a bit tangential, but do you know about the "pmount-hal" > command? It basically uses HAL to work out a name for the mount point > (eg. /media/My USB Drive instead of /media/usb0), and automatically > works out some other mount flags for you. Keep in mind I use Squeeze, > not Lenny, so if it's not there, that's why. > > Cheers, > Jason > strangely, there is no usb entry in /media/. there are only entries of cdrom, cdrom0, sdb1 & sdc1. both sdb1 & sdc1 are directories and they have a file created by pmount. if i try with only sdb it is showing error of wrong fs type. today only i re-read your reply. it seems i have missed pmount-hal command. i will let you know my experience with command in another 24 hours.
