Automatically Mounting USB Storage Devices???

nalmo · 08-07-2004, 07:36 PM

Hello
I am a total newbie to linux and have a question about mounting usb devices.

I am running fedora core 2 and want to know is it possible to auto mount a usb device as soon as i plug it in to the usb port.
I noticed that this is already done with the cd-rom drives and thought it would be kind of funky to do the same with the usb devices.
I have a usb key and an external hd.

Thanks in advance.

foo_bar_foo · 08-08-2004, 11:46 AM

i think fedora uses autofs
take a look at
/etc/fstab
and
/etc/auto.misc
and see if you can use the cd entries as a template

nalmo · 08-11-2004, 05:47 AM

Cheers for the help. I'll give it a try.

nalmo · 08-11-2004, 11:05 AM

I tried out your advice editing /etc/fstab and it works perfectly. I now can just plug in my external hd and it will just appear on the desktop.

Thanks again for the info.

welson_sun · 08-11-2004, 02:49 PM

Can you post your modifications? I am using Redhat 9.

Linux.tar.gz · 08-12-2004, 08:04 AM

I've just installed submount, and it works fine with cdroms. Working on usb key now.
http://submount.sourceforge.net/

nalmo · 08-13-2004, 03:15 PM

Here is the entry that i added to the bottom of /etc/fstab :

/dev/sda1 /mnt/usb1 vfat auto,user,rw,exec 0 0

This site pretty much explains most things you need to know about editing /etc/fstab.

http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/fstab.html