carloc
October 4th, 2005, 19:26 PM
I found that the latest Slackware (http://www.slackware.org/) 10.2 does not mount USB-key automatically :mad: so I've decided to post this tip that could be used in other distro that don't automount these devices in your desktop.
Note: USB storage devices are shown as SCSI drives in Linux, so if you have more than a SCSI device you can find different device names (/dev/sdXX where XX depends on your hardware). In this example I've chosen the first device in the SCSI chain (/dev/sda1)
Open a console window (under KDE is called konsole)
Login as root: type su and enter the password
Change directory: cd /mnt
Create a new directory: mkdir usbkey (if not exists)
Try to mount your USB-key: mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usbkey
If it doesn't works you may try another device (e.g. /dev/sda2)
If it works you can list the files in the key: ls /mnt/usbkey
Unmount the device: umount /mnt/usbkey
Open for edit the file /etc/fstab with a text-editor
Add this line: /dev/sda1 /mnt/usbkey vfat noauto,users,rw,umask=0 0 0
Save and close the file
Leave the root user: press CTRL+D or enter the command exit
Now you can mount the key from your account: mount /mnt/usbkey
For unmounting the key: umount /mnt/usbkey
Note: USB storage devices are shown as SCSI drives in Linux, so if you have more than a SCSI device you can find different device names (/dev/sdXX where XX depends on your hardware). In this example I've chosen the first device in the SCSI chain (/dev/sda1)
Open a console window (under KDE is called konsole)
Login as root: type su and enter the password
Change directory: cd /mnt
Create a new directory: mkdir usbkey (if not exists)
Try to mount your USB-key: mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usbkey
If it doesn't works you may try another device (e.g. /dev/sda2)
If it works you can list the files in the key: ls /mnt/usbkey
Unmount the device: umount /mnt/usbkey
Open for edit the file /etc/fstab with a text-editor
Add this line: /dev/sda1 /mnt/usbkey vfat noauto,users,rw,umask=0 0 0
Save and close the file
Leave the root user: press CTRL+D or enter the command exit
Now you can mount the key from your account: mount /mnt/usbkey
For unmounting the key: umount /mnt/usbkey