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Use as root "mount -a" instead of a reboot I have had trouble after going from Fedora8 to Mint 9 with a new PC Mint looks at the type of device and also the associated app and decides on how the device should be "mounted". For example I used CD/DVD creator in Fedora on a regular job reproducing DVDs from a Master for a customer. In mint the Master Dvd is never mounted as it's a block device, but it will play as a DVD when the right app is opened. This confused me for a while until I realised if I just us the right App ie K3b. It shows the Master and blank disks where Nautilus doesn't. So I have learnt that when moving forward to a new setup don't try to make the old stuff work as is as I too could have spent needless time forcing fstab to do what the system does on it's own! On Thu, 2010-09-30 at 12:20 +0100, Gordon Henderson wrote: > On Thu, 30 Sep 2010, tom wrote: > > > On 30/09/10 11:05, Gordon Henderson wrote: > > >> What's a UUID? I seem to survive without them... > >> > >> Extract from my desktops /etc/fstab: > >> > >> /dev/fd0 /floppy auto user,noauto 0 > >> 0 > >> /dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 > >> 0 > >> /dev/dvd /dvd iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 > >> 0 > >> /dev/sdb1 /camera msdos user,noauto 0 > >> 0 > >> /dev/sdb /n900 vfat user,noauto 0 > >> 0 > >> > >> /dev/sda1 / ext3 errors=remount-ro 0 1 > >> /dev/sda2 none swap sw 0 0 > >> /dev/sda3 /usr ext3 defaults,noatime,data=writeback 0 2 > >> /dev/sda4 /var ext3 defaults,noatime,data=writeback 0 2 > >> > >> > >> Obviously I can't have my camera and phone plugged in at the same time, but > >> that's not physicaly possible for my anyway due to the way I have an > >> extension cable from the box... > >> > >> If I plug in a usb-data key, it almost always looks like 'camera', so I > >> just type mount /camera and it works. > >> > >> But then, I don't have a fancy desktop/filemanager thing to wory about > >> finding stuff and copying it to/from devices. > >> > >> I know I'm old, boring and of a dying breed, but I do feel that my system > >> is more "productive" to the way I work than anything else... > >> > >>> And as for build time - these sodding USB devices often arnt there at > >>> build time! > >> > >> Same here - but I just edit them into fstab afterwards... > >> > >> Gordon > >> > > But that can require several re-boots to get it right - and this machine is > > SLOOOOOOOOOW. I share out the USB drives and I'd like to just go 'use that' > > once I've got stuff sorted so when we get one of our regular power cuts I > > dont have to edit via SSH, or if fstab is borked pull the damn thing out of > > the cupboard and wire it up to monitor etc. > > Hm. What's a reboot? I seem to survive without them. > > Really - you don't need a reboot when editing /etc/fstab... If you do, > something in your system is broken. The noauto parameter tells the system > to not try to mount it at boot time and the user option lets ordinary > users do the mount without becoming root... > > > I seem to remember there was a simple way of doing it - in my dreams perhaps > > .. > > I think my way is simple, but then I've been doing it that way for more > years than I care to remember... > > Gordon > Regards Kevin Lucas Minions Post Master(Sub) Ten Years in the Making! www.minionsbandb.co.uk www.tearooms.minionsbandb.co.uk Po House, Minions, Liskeard Cornwall PL14 5LE 01579363386 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq