From: "Nelson, David \(ED, PAR&D\)" <David.Nelson2@astrazeneca.com>
To: <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>
Subject: RE: [gentoo-user] external USB harddrive
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 13:30:10 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3D60AF2712C16D42A38076E52FD6E3D23F0C36@ukmcrdembx01.rd.astrazeneca.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <459C9066.3000804@lockie.ca>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Lockie [mailto:bjlockie@lockie.ca]
> Sent: 04 January 2007 05:28
> To: Gentoo User Mailing List
> Subject: [gentoo-user] external USB harddrive
>
>
> Does anyone have one of these? :-)
> It mounts when I connect it but a user can't unmount it.
> My USB memory stick and USB card reader work fine.
> It is only the hard drive that I can't unmount as a user.
> I don't have or want an /etc/fstab entry for it, I should be able to
> configure KDE to handle it.
>
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> gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
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I would add it to fstab (I reckon this would be the easiest way) - the same fstab entry should work for USB memory sticks/card readers as well, to my knowledge.
Or if you wanted to get really fancy I believe you could write a udev rule so it recognises that device and assigns it /dev/externalhdd or the like :)
David
Note: These views are my own, advice is provided with no guarantee of success. I do not represent anyone else in any emails I send to this list.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-01-04 13:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-01-04 5:28 [gentoo-user] external USB harddrive James Lockie
2007-01-04 8:59 ` Neil Bothwick
2007-01-04 20:34 ` James Lockie
2007-01-05 17:05 ` Richard Fish
2007-01-04 13:30 ` Nelson, David (ED, PAR&D) [this message]
2007-01-04 20:37 ` James Lockie
2007-01-04 15:20 ` Richard Fish
2007-01-04 17:13 ` Uwe Thiem
2007-01-04 19:35 ` Neil Bothwick
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