removable media

[Noah Silva [Mailing list]]

> I have:
>
> 2. 32Meg samsung usb jumpdrive:  Same /dev/sda and /dev/sdb errors, the
> floppy drive is accessed, and it doesn't add to /etc/fstab nor automount.

The floppy drive?

did you try to mount it manually like:
su root
mkdir /mnt/jumpdrive
mount /dev/sba /jumpdrive

?

I usually do this before putting it in fstab.  I don't expect redhat to do
any of this stuff automatically yet, unfortunately.  It seems not to be a
focus ;(

> I have another 128Meg SuperTalent jumpdrive I haven't tested yet but I also
> probably won't work.  All devices work in WinME with not additional drivers.
> Is there a way to get nautilus to give me a drive icon for this stuff?  Or
> are there still kernel issues preventing this?

If it's a kernel issue, then it's a kernel issue, but that doesn't affect
nautilus.  Amusingly enough, I have some external USB hard drive that will
work in linux, but not in windows!

Nautilus will give you a drive icon (and menu items to mount/unmount it)
as soon as it is in fstab.  Assuming you can mount it manually, copy the
CDROM line in fstab, and modify it to suit your needs.

> -eric wood

 -- noah silva