Alias for pen drives

[Paul Smith]

On 10/1/07, Mikkel L. Ellertson <mikkel at infinity-ltd.com> wrote:
> > Thanks to both. Now my pen drive has the label 'MYPEN', and there is
> > the following line in /etc/fstab:
> >
> > /dev/MYPEN /media/disco vfat noauto,user 0 0
> >
> > but the pen drive is mounted on /media/MYPEN and not on /media/disco. Any ideas?
> >
> The format would be
>
> LABEL=MYPEN /media/disco vfat noauto,user 0 0
>
> If you put an entry in /etc/fstab for the drive, then HAL will NOT
> auto-mount the drive when you plug it in. A better way would be to
> name the pen drive disco and then it will get mounted on
> /media/disco when you plug it in.

Thanks, Mikkel, for your help.

Paul