On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 09:21:50PM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote > This came up recently with a different subject. Your device does not have > a partition table, instead the filesystem occupies the whole device > (sometimes referred to as a "superfloppy" format). There's nothing wrong > with this, I have a couple of USB sticks like it, and my Nexus S is the > same. > > Your automounter should still pick it up.
I don't use an automounter. I like to be in control of what gets mounted when. Thanks for the explanation. With it in mind I've finally come up with a plan that works. In /etc/sudoers.d/001 I've included... waltdnes i3 = (root) NOPASSWD: /sbin/fdisk -l /dev/sdc And there's an entry for a vfat device in /etc/fstab for directory /mnt/extc. The command "/sbin/fdisk -l /dev/sdc" seems to read in the partition table into the system and things work from there on in. fdisk only works as root, hence the sudo command. Here's a sample session... =================================================================== waltdnes@i3 ~ $ mount /mnt/extc mount: special device /dev/sdc1 does not exist waltdnes@i3 ~ $ sudo /sbin/fdisk -l /dev/sdc Disk /dev/sdc: 16.0 GB, 16012804096 bytes 256 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1939 cylinders, total 31275008 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00000000 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdc1 * 2048 31275007 15636480 c W95 FAT32 (LBA) waltdnes@i3 ~ $ mount /mnt/extc waltdnes@i3 ~ $ =================================================================== The mount after "sudo /sbin/fdisk -l /dev/sdc" is successful. So all I need is a short script "~/bin/mntc" like so... #!/bin/bash sudo /sbin/fdisk -l /dev/sdc mount /mnt/extc -- Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org>
