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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] VirtualBox, Gentoo, and USB thumb drives
From: Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com>
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On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 8:10 PM, David Relson <relson@osagesoftware.com> wr=
ote:
> I've been using VirtualBox recently with 32-bit Ubuntu for a work
> project. It seems that whenever my thumb drive is moved between host and
> guest operating system, Gentoo is mounts it as a new device (see
> below). =C2=A0Can these extra device mounts be avoided?
>
> Regards,
>
> David
>
> osage relson # df -h
> Filesystem =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Size =C2=A0Used Avail=
 Use% Mounted on
> /dev/sda1 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A099M =C2=A0 17M =
=C2=A0 78M =C2=A018% /boot
> /dev/sda4 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 437G =C2=A0226G =C2=
=A0189G =C2=A055% /
> /dev/sdb1 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 466G =C2=A0259G =C2=
=A0208G =C2=A056% /mnt/usbhd
> /dev/sdc =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A07.5G =C2=A02.7G =
=C2=A04.8G =C2=A036% /mnt/usbkey
> /dev/sdd =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A07.5G =C2=A02.7G =
=C2=A04.8G =C2=A036% /mnt/usbkey
> /dev/sde =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A07.5G =C2=A02.7G =
=C2=A04.8G =C2=A036% /mnt/usbkey
> /dev/sdf =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A07.5G =C2=A02.7G =
=C2=A04.8G =C2=A036% /mnt/usbkey
> /dev/sdg =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A07.5G =C2=A02.7G =
=C2=A04.8G =C2=A036% /mnt/usbkey
> /dev/sdh =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A07.5G =C2=A02.7G =
=C2=A04.8G =C2=A036% /mnt/usbkey
> /dev/sdi =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A07.5G =C2=A02.7G =
=C2=A04.8G =C2=A036% /mnt/usbkey
> /dev/sdj =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A07.5G =C2=A02.7G =
=C2=A04.8G =C2=A036% /mnt/usbkey
> /dev/sdk =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A07.5G =C2=A02.7G =
=C2=A04.8G =C2=A036% /mnt/usbkey
>
>

1) Label the partition and then possibly put mount instructions in fstab?

2) Are you properly unmounting the thumb drive each time you remove
it? Seems like maybe the system thinks you're not...

HTH,
Mark