Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:22:50 -0600 From: Jonathan Horne <freebsd08@dfwlp.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB / umass / automount Message-ID: <200801221922.50495.freebsd08@dfwlp.com> In-Reply-To: <20080122190836.Q17945@tripel.monochrome.org> References: <20080122223318.GB25065@nemesis.frida.mouhaha.de> <20080122164813.mdeiowakg0cco0os@mail.dalan.us> <20080122190836.Q17945@tripel.monochrome.org>
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On Tuesday 22 January 2008 06:13:17 pm Chris Hill wrote: > On Tue, 22 Jan 2008, David Alanis wrote: > > Quoting Oliver Peter <hoschi@mouhaha.de>: > >> Hi, > >> > >> What is currently the best way to attach and detach umass-devices > >> automatically? > >> > >> Bye > >> Oliver > >> > >> -- > >> Oliver PETER, email: hoschi@mouhaha.de, ICQ# 113969174 > >> "Worker bees can leave. Even drones can fly away. > >> The Queen is their slave." > > > > Could you just edit your fstab to have: > > > > /dev/umass-device /umass /umass-type auto 0 0 > > ^^^^ > This will not make the auto-mounter daemon happen; rather, it will cause > the system to try to mount /dev/umass-device at boot time. If the umass > device is not connected at boot time, the system will need manual > intervention in order to boot. Probably not what the OP wants. Besides, > auto is the default anyway. > > -- > Chris Hill chris@monochrome.org > ** [ Busy Expunging <|> ] sysutils/desktopbsd-tools. not automatic, but at least there is a little tray icon you can click on to control the mounting/unmounting. works well for me. cheers, -- Jonathan Horne http://dfwlpiki.dfwlp.org freebsd08 _@_ dfwlp.com
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