On Thu, 24 Jan 2013 13:53:29 -0800 (PST) Patrick Bartek <bartek...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Mark Allums <m...@allums.com> > > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Cc: > > Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 12:18 PM > > Subject: RE: [Followup]: Basic USB Automounter? > > > >> From: Patrick Bartek [mailto:bartek...@yahoo.com] > >> Also, someone suggested usbmount, which I was aware of, but in my > >> reading, it said that it would only mount thumb and external USB > >> hard drives, and not flash cards using a reader. I never tested > >> to see if this > > were > >> true. > > > > In my experience, SD cards are treated like USB drives. On my Eee > > PC, I have run Debian from the SD card slot on a 32GB card. (That > > was quite a while back.) Sometimes, it takes a little sleuthing to > > figure out what /dev node it is. > > A single SD card slot seems to work differently than a USB multicard > reader that accepts 6 different kinds of cards, and all at once, if > you want. I tested one automounter that recognized the reader, but > wouldn't automount any cards when inserted. The cards were never > even recognized unless the card was in the reader when the reader was > plugged in, then it worked. The "problem" seems to be that most of > the automounting solutions I've come across depend on the "mounting" > support files that come with a full Desktop Environment, whether > you're using the desktop or not, to handle the details, the > permissions, etc. My set up has none of that. I want to keep it as > lean as possible for speed while still meeting my requirements and > being easily usable. > > > I missed the first of this. Has anyone mentioned pmount? > > > Yes. And I came across it in my research, too. It's on my list of > alternative mounting tools for udev rules in case using the standard > mount command results in the device only being accessable by root. > Definitely NOT what I want. From what I understand, 'udisks > --mount' provides the same functionality while being more > feature-rich. > > > B > > > The story will get even more problematic when you want to boot your machine with the USB devices are already connected ... Please post a message containing SOLVED when you find out! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130125030133.636be47c@fx4100
