Here is the advice I got from taurus, a ubuntu forum staff member, which is basically to override the automounting by adding the external drive partitions to fstab:
Edit /etc/fstab Code: gksudo gedit /etc/fstaband add these two lines to the end of it. Code: /dev/sda1 /media/sda1 ntfs nls=utf8,umask=0222 0 0 /dev/sda5 /media/sda5 vfat iocharset=utf8,umask=000 0 0Save the changes. Then, create two new mount points and either mount them or reboot your machine. Code: sudo mkdir /media/sda1 /media/sda5 sudo mount -a df -h I do have a new external drive coming, which I will format ext2/ext3, and I will put the driver on my XP machines for interoperability, but I think I will go ahead and take this approach with the current drive for now, unless I get any strong advice to the contrary......... -- nicketynick Wireless SB3, Denon DRA-F101, Mission M31 loudspeakers WinXP SP2 Slimserver, SMC WBR14g router http://www.last.fm/user/nicketynick/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ nicketynick's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1511 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34339 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/unix
