Daniel da Veiga <danieldaveiga <at> gmail.com> writes:
> > I have (2) usb memory devices that both work fine with hal/ivman/dbus: > > /dev/sdb1 500576 6464 494112 2% /media/usbdisk > > /dev/sda1 127716 3922 123794 4% /media/usbdisk > > since they both get 'automounted as /media/usbdisk, I cannot have them both > > active at the same time. I have to plug one in, perform operations, remove > > it and plug in the second device..... > > What do I do, so I can plug in both devices, simultaneously and copy > > directly from one usb memory stick to the second memory stick? > As root, create another directory, lets say "mkdir /mnt/usbdisk2" and > edit your /etc/fstab so /dev/sda1 gets mounted at the usbdisk2 > directory. You can simply duplicate an already existing entry and edit > it, if you have none, you should learn how to do it... Their is not /mnt/usbdisk dir. It gets created automagically by hal/ivman/dbus. There is only /mnt/usb . Both devices work automagically with hal/ivman/dbus, they just do not work together. Here is the relevant portions of the current fstab: none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 none /proc/bus/usb usbfs defaults 0 0 Sure, I can put manual entries in to fix this, but, isn't that what udev and hal/ivman/dbus are support to do, automagically? Every time I want to use 2 usb memory sticks on any computer, my only option is to manually edit the fstab? When I put the devices into the computer separately, the gentoo systems recognize the devices as /dev/sda1 and /dev/sdb1, so why can the /media/usbxxxxx entries be created without manual edit of /etc/fstab. After all, isn't this what udev + hal/ivman/dbus are suppose to do? confused? Jamess -- [email protected] mailing list
