Automount ThumbDrives in fc6

[Mikkel L. Ellertson]

Jim Cornette wrote:
> Reg Clemens wrote:
>> I know this has been discussed previously, so if someone can point me
>> back
>> at that discussion (or summarize what was there) I would appreciate it.
>>
>> But, How does one go about getting thumbdrives automounted under fc6?
>> I seem to remember something about labeling the (vfat) file system with
>> a label utility under windows, but thats all I remember.
>>
>> I am moving all my users to fc6, and suddenly its important.
> 
> All I had to do to get the drives to mount with a name was to label the
> thumb drives under windows. The volume name was mounted automatically
> under /media/volume-name. Similarly, labeling the ext3 using e2label
> allowed the ext3 volume to show up under /media/volume-label.
> 
> Jim
> 
I don't have any unlabeled drives handy to double check, but an
unlabeled drive should get mounted on /media/removable. At least it
used to work that way. It is also possible to turn off auto-mounting
of removable media...

Mikkel
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