Am Dienstag, den 02.12.2008, 01:15 +0100 schrieb ext AJ Spagnoletti:
> I have finally reached the point where I use enough USB media
> (external hard drives and flash drives) that I would like to set up a
> system to automount the media devices for me. I have read in the past
> about hal + ivman and a bit of googling has brought up AutoFS as well.
> I was just wondering what the best system to automount USB media would
> be. I am looking for something that is relatively easy to set up and
> is also well maintained. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

The kernel automounter (autofs) was not designed with removable media in
mind, so it's not the best choice for the job. Nearly all Linux desktops
today come with a hal/dbus based solution for mounting USB devices on
demand.

Bye...

        Dirk
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