Memory stick Medion

antonio montagnani anto.montagnani at virgilio.it
Mon Jul 26 04:02:43 UTC 2004


Asri Sulaiman wrote/ha scritto, On/il 26/07/2004 03:54:

>
>> Well, it's been found. All you need to do is mount it.
>>
>> Create a mount point at /mnt , I call mine 'flash'. For example 
>> 'mkdir /mnt/flash'.
>>
>> With the unit inserted, type 'mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/flash'.
>>
>> With any luck (no error messages) you'll now be able to write/read 
>> files to/from the device by reading from/writing to /mnt/flash.
>>
>> Remember to unmount the device before pulling it out: 'umount 
>> /mnt/flash'.
>>
>
> Fedora Core1 seems to insist on /mnt/flash as the mount point.
>
> I added the following line to /etc/fstab
>
>   /dev/sda1   /mnt/usb    auto    noauto,owner,kudzu 0 0
>
> Then as non-root user, I can mount it and use it ok but,
> once done, "umount /mnt/usb" take a long time to complete.
> Some time after, both the directory /mnt/usb and the line
> in /etc/fstab disappear and replaced by
>   /dev/sda1     /mnt/flash  auto   noauto,owner,kudzu 0 0
>
> I have since capitulated to the system's idiosyncracy and
> use /mnt/flash instead of /mnt/usb as the mounting
> directory.
>
> Cheers
> -Asri Sulaiman
>
>
Tnx.
I will give a try when my son will lend me the device.
I have a small question.
Why is the procedure of creating a mount point, mounting the device etc 
fully automatic when I connect my digital camera?? what is different?

-- 

 Antonio 

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