[hllug] Re: How do I mount a thumbdrive in Debian?
- From: Lee Parmeter <geek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: hllug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2007 09:30:55 -0600
Don:
I understand how you feel!
In the case of the usb pen/thumb auto mount problem, it really should just
work anyway. In the next Debian release, it probably will. I saw in the
Ubuntu forums that auto mount on Ubuntu was broke for awhile and then got
fixed. In transitional cases like this, I am not opposed to using a
temporary work-around solution in the interim. It's better to use a
work-around (/etc/fstab edit) then installing a possibly depreciated
solution like autofs.
For the official Debian solution to the problem, you will need to dig a
little deeper and do a mind-melt with another pure-bred Debian! :<)
-Lee
Donguitar wrote:
> This all sounds vaguely like something Charlie explained to me, and even
> demonstrated in real time, a couple of weeks ago but there's a point here
> where it all becomes white noise in my mind.
>
> I'm reminded of an old joke about two aggies who wanted to build a house but
> couldn't decide whether to start at the top or bottom. The first aggie said
> "I'll just give it my best guess and get started. Meanwhile, you go ask the
> neighbor, just in case." The second aggie came back a few moments later and
> said "Come on down, we gotta start at the bottom."
>
> That's where I am with Linux I think. I'm just going to have to climb down
> and start at the bottom if I want to make sense of it.
>
> Every "easy solution" I've found with google seems to be built on
> assumptions of knowledge I don't yet possess and every other sentence I read
> mysteriously seques into a language I don't speak.
>
> I've been here before, back when I went from my Apple II+ to Windows 3.0. I
> recognize the symptoms and I know it's not a permanent condition. I will
> get past it, but that doesn't really alleviate the frustration.
>
> Oh well, still going...
>
> Don
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lee Parmeter" <geek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <hllug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 2:34 PM
> Subject: [hllug] Re: How do I mount a thumbdrive in Debian?
>
>
> | Don:
> |
> | Ubuntu does not need or use autofs, so there are other solutions.
> |
> |
> | What is the exact message? What is recorded in the system log (usually
> | "/var/log/messages". It should at least say what the device name is, say
> | "/dev/sda1".
> |
> | To mount the usb pen or thumb drive manually:
> |
> | First create a subdirectory off "/mnt" or "/media", for example:
> /mnt/flash
> |
> | # mount -t auto /dev/sda1 /mnt/flash
> |
> | (note: # means as root user)
> |
> | if the above works, umount the drive
> |
> | # umount /mnt/flash
> |
> | Then you could just add following to "/etc/fstab":
> |
> | /dev/sda1 /mnt/flash auto noauto,user 0 0
> |
> |
> | Note: Ubuntu enables the user to control whether the usb drive is auto
> | mounted via Gnome's "gnome-volume-properties" (System - Preferences -
> | Removable Drives and Media).
> |
> | -Lee
> |
> |
> | Donguitar wrote:
> | > Thanks Lee. Can I just run all that data through babelfish to convert
> it to
> | > something I've even a modest chance of understanding?
> | >
> | > Yes, that's supposed to be humorous but it's also quite entirely
> serious.
> | > My eyes glazed over in less that 40 seconds on that page. Perhaps I can
> | > come back to it later.
> | >
> | > Don
> | >
> | > ----- Original Message -----
> | > From: "Lee Parmeter" <geek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> | > To: <hllug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> | > Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 9:15 AM
> | > Subject: [hllug] Re: How do I mount a thumbdrive in Debian?
> | >
> | >
> | > | Don:
> | > |
> | > | Automounting card readers and USB keys using autofs:
> | > | http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/127
> | > |
> | > | -Lee
> | > |
> | > | Donguitar wrote:
> | > | > Lisa's PCLinuxOS just pops up and says it's found a removable
> storage
> | > | > device, when I plug in a thumbdrive and want's to know what to do
> with
> | > it,
> | > | > rather like XP, but I'm darned if I can figure out how to access it
> in
> | > | > Debian.
> | > | >
> | > | > suggestions would be most welcome.
> | > | >
> | > | > Don
> |
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