On Fri, 2004-11-19 at 18:17 -0800, Alvin Oga wrote: > > On Fri, 19 Nov 2004, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > autofs has a lot of bugs filed against it, but not so many by > > am-utils. But then, am-utils isn't in sarge!!??? > > one need to normalize the "data" > - based on number of users using each app vs the > number of bugs filed > > > So, which should I use? > > autofs - is the better choice for simple things... > - it's in the kernel > - it ez ( trivial ) to setup > - it does simple automounting for servers things like > mail:/var/spool/mail > home:/home > > - it does NOT do failover in that, if home1:/home is down, > it will not go find home2:/home instead
If I just want my USB pen drive to be automounted & dismounted, it sounds like autofs would be the one to use, then. A slightly tangential question: I'm running kernel 2.6.8 + udev, and have a USB multi-card reader in addition to the pendrive *AND* an external ieee1394 hard drive. Since I'm an xterm kinda guy instead of a nautilus user, what is the best package to use to automatically recognize & mount these devices without having to hard-code entries in /etc/fstab? -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B "It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism, while the wolf remains of a different opinion." Dean William R Inge
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