> First give the owner ship of the mount point,

> # chown [users]
>  # chmod 775

I tried this already.

> add  a line in /etc/fstab and in /etc/mtab to make it auto mount,

> with fstab, it'll auto mount any disk stated in /etc/fstab file, with
mtab,
> it'll mount the disk is inserted.

> /dev/sda1 /media/usbdisk ext3 rw, (state the options you want).

> here make sure, your mount point is /media/usbdisk or what ever the name
you
give in the /media/[directory]

. I used 'noauto' in fstab. It is working fine for an partition of internal
the hard disk. But for external hard disk, it is not working.

> In Gnome, mount/unmounting of removable media is automatic provided it
> is allowed in the hal configs.  Check entries in the hal configs.

ok. i will check the 'hal config'

> Secondly, you should prevent the filesystem check being applied to
> this file-system at boot time by putting a 0 in the fsck column.

This may be one of the reason.

Thank you to all.

Padhu,
Pollachi.

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