Paul Cartwright wrote: > Andrei Popescu wrote: >> On Mon,20.Oct.08, 17:06:25, Emanoil Kotsev wrote: >> >>> I suggested to use device by uuid >>> >>> /dev/disk/by-uuid/3fca395b-d75d-44ab-98be-9ec05b2e45fd >>> /media/usb_2G_part3 auto users,noauto,atime,rw,nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0 >> >> You can shorten this a bit: >> >> UUID=3fca.... >> >> It's not much, but given that the UUID is already very long... >> > > here is my /etc/fstab entry ( that works) > UUID=686C-7E81 /media/usb_DAWGS vfat > users,atime,rw,nodev,noexec,nosuid,noauto 0 0 > > ( that was all one line) > > in the /media folder is a file called .hal-mtab > I was trying to add an entry in there for this, so my wife could unmount > it, but I was not successful. The fstab entry still mounts it: > > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-08-16 15:14 usb_DAWGS > >
For me the UUID= entry did not work The /dev/disk/by-uuid work Paul, the .hal entries are system entries they do not have to be set in fstab regards -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
