Hi Gustin, I haven't a specific entry in /etc/fstab for the flash drives. Here is my /etc/fstab:
# /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda1 / ext3 errors=remount-ro 0 1 /dev/hda5 none swap sw 0 0 /dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0 /dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0 Robin On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 4:45 PM, Gustin Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Richard Carter wrote: > > Hi Folks,� > > > > I have 2 USB flash drives with details below: > > > > redcube:~# df -Th > > Filesystem��� Type��� Size� Used Avail Use% Mounted on > > /dev/hda1���� ext3��� 142G�� 46G�� 89G� 34% / > > tmpfs������� tmpfs��� 976M���� 0� 976M�� 0% /lib/init/rw > > udev�������� tmpfs���� 10M� 100K�� 10M�� 1% /dev > > tmpfs������� tmpfs��� 976M���� 0� 976M�� 0% /dev/shm > > /dev/hdc�� iso9660��� 3.1G� 3.1G���� 0 100% /media/cdrom0 > > /dev/sda1���� vfat��� 7.7G� 8.0K� 7.7G�� 1% /media/PATRIOT > > /dev/sdb1���� vfat���� 16G� 461M�� 16G�� 3% /media/USB DISK > > > > Under kubuntu 9.04 both PATRIOT� and� USB DISK are mounted as read/write > > so I am able to copy files to and from either one.� But under debian 5.0 > > only PATRIOT is mounted as read/write while USB DISK is mounted as write > > only so I am unable to copy file to USB DISK.� > > > > I suspect this has something to do with /etc/fstab on the system running > > debian but I don't know what I should do so that both flash drives > > always mount as read/write on that system.� > > > Do you have a specific entry in the /etc/fstab for these flash devices > or are you relying on udev to automatically mount them? > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iEYEARECAAYFAkoB9ucACgkQwRXgH3rKGfO9nACeI3/s8Pznxht90I4HxdacQ98Q > O50AoKiT+xc4VBBGfC/xDRqBppl1uFZB > =9D1f > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying >
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