Re: fstab to mount as hal does it

2009-06-11 Thread Benjamin MENUET
Hi Seb, You can do this by following these steps: 1°) Install packages: usbmount, hal and pmount 2°) Edit the file /etc/usbmount/usbmount.conf and modify these lines like that: FILESYSTEMS=ext2 ext3 vfat FS_MOUNTOPTIONS=fstype=vfat,gid=floppy,dmask=0007,fmask=0117 3°) Add your user to the

fstab to mount as hal does it

2009-06-10 Thread Seb
Hi, I think it's hald daemon that mounts an external USB hard drive to /media/DISK_LABEL whenever one clicks on its icon in a file browser or the like. This works very nicely if you're at the desktop, plug in a device and want to access it for a while, then unplug it and go away with your USB