-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 12/01/07 19:49, Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > >> Since the "drive letter" of removable devices is subject to change, >> I now use UUID values in /etc/fstab instead of /dev/sd??. (Except >> for /boot and /.) >> >> # blkid /dev/sdXY >> # vi /etc/fstab (Replace /dev/sdXY with UUID="<long string>") >> >> Also, if you have hal installed, GNOME & KDE should automagically >> handle removable devices for you. > > UUIDs are helpful if you have a known set of devices you wish to use.
Like devices that you want to be seen at boot up, or when you are not logged in. > I > just let gnome handle the mounting (I think it uses hal to do it) and > unmount it with pumount. Once I have disabled nautilus from opening a > window whenever a removable device is mounted, the process becomes > terminal friendly. Plugin, cd, do_stuff, pumount, without ever having to > reach out for the mouse. GNOME+hal is definitely a valid tool for "user oriented", dynamic devices like thumb drives. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA %SYSTEM-F-FISH, my hovercraft is full of eels -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHUhgeS9HxQb37XmcRAhCeAJ9JolLELl+fUe/DjrpGhExwJ+bPLQCfZEbJ XK/dWvb4Sqh+eoRnn9WUywU= =eed8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
