On Sun, Dec 25, 2011 at 07:36:13PM +0000, Sharon Kimble wrote: > On 23 December 2011 15:12, Curt <cu...@free.fr> wrote: > > On 2011-12-23, Curt <cu...@free.fr> wrote: > >> On 2011-12-22, Walter Hurry <walterhu...@lavabit.com> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>> Very succinctly put, except the hard drive is automatically mounted by > >>>> Gnome, thats the only mistake you made. > >>> > >>> It wouldn't be if it were in fstab. > >>> > >> It sure does in my case. Are you saying that the gnome automounting > >> thingy looks in /etc/fstab? > >> > >> I have my usb hard drive in /etc/fstab thusly: > >> > >> /dev/sdc1/ /mnt/backup ext3 user,noauto,rw 0 0 > >> > >> When I plug it in, it is automounted (at /media/...) > >> > >> I umount it, and remount "by hand". > >> > > Or is this a question of having it plugged in when the machine is > > booted? > > > It makes no difference. >
I just have been bit by this bug after a recent update. The same external USB drive was working prior. Not sure which update did it though as the drive isn't used daily. -- Cheers, Stephen, Toronto My Google+ Profile | http://goo.gl/JbQsq -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20111231011514.ga9...@thinkpad.gateway.2wire.net
