Re: USB drives disappeared

[Danny Ciarniello <Dan_Ciarniello telus net>]

rich wrote:

> I just install FC 5 and my usb drives have dissappeared. Interestingly 
> enough, my usb mouse works fine. Has any one else had this problem and 
> does anyone have a solution?
>
> rdd
From the release notes:

7.7. No automatic fstab editing for removable media

The fstab-sync facility has been removed. In Fedora Core , the 
fstab-sync program is removed in favor of desktop specific solutions for 
mounting removable media. Entries for hotplug devices or inserted media 
are no longer automatically added to the /etc/fstab file. Command-line 
users may migrate to gnome-mount, which provides similar functionality.


I haven't seen the rationale for the change and I'm not certain that I 
like it.  I liked the automatic fstab editing and not everything that I 
do with USB drives is desktop oriented.  I'm going to see how it goes as 
as I use FC5 more.

Dan.