<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/4.6.0"> </HEAD> <BODY> All: All but two of my machines will not boot from USB devices on their own (they need the 'plop' CD to do that trick). So the worry about it inadvertently booting from the USB drive is seldom a concern to me. Often, in updating software in my test-bed computers, I will insert the USB drive, and respond to the messages (I have two partitions on the USB drive - one for booting, and the other for file transfer), so I get two such dialog boxes asking what to do with each found partition. So in updating the Lubuntu system in my first hard-drive partition, it works as you described. Then, to update the other partition(s), I leave the USB drive plugged in (since it's a pain to crawl down behind the machine to plug it in, or un-plug it (yeah, I'm to miserly to buy a USB extender cable), and it always requires a flashlight to plug it in). I quickly learned to update the Lubuntu partition first, since it seemed not to see the USB drive partitions if I booted Lubuntu with it already plugged-in. The other partitions (Ubuntu-Studio (XFCE), Ubuntu, and Kubuntu) are all able to recognize the USB drive partitions when it is already plugged-in during the boot-from-hard-disk process. This experience comes mostly from Lubuntu 12.04 (and some from 11.10). I don't know if it is still a problem in 12.10 because I have learned to avoid having the USB drive plugged-in while booting Lubuntu. - Aere -----Original Message----- From: Phill Whiteside <<A HREF="mailto:Phill%20Whiteside%20%3cPhillW@Ubuntu.com%3e">PhillW@Ubuntu.com</A>> To: Aere Greenway <<A HREF="mailto:Aere%20Greenway%20%3cAere@dvorak-keyboards.com%3e">Aere@dvorak-keyboards.com</A>> Cc: Mr Wislr <<A HREF="mailto:Mr%20Wislr%20%3ccontact@unleashpc.com%3e">contact@unleashpc.com</A>>, <A HREF="mailto:lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</A> Subject: Re: Can a USB Device link appear on Desktop when mounted? Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2012 02:20:37 +0000 Hi Aere, having a USB device plugged in at boot time opens a whole new can of worms.... The boot order is set in BIOS, ensure that the usb device is lower than what disk you wish to boot off. My system has BIOS to boot off usb and dvd/cd rom drive before it even looks at the hard drives. PcManFM will auto mount an USB device, but I do think it is a case of checking closely your boot order in the BIOS start up screen. Regards, Phill. On 10 November 2012 02:07, Aere Greenway <<A HREF="mailto:Aere@dvorak-keyboards.com">Aere@dvorak-keyboards.com</A>> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE> All: I think the problem being referred-to here, is when the USB device is already plugged-in when the system is booted. Of course, you could un-plug it, and re-plug it in, but I am very apprehensive about unplugging USB mass storage devices without being absolutely sure it isn't mounted. - Aere </BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE> -----Original Message----- From: Phill Whiteside <<A HREF="mailto:Phill%20Whiteside%20%3cPhillW@Ubuntu.com%3e">PhillW@Ubuntu.com</A>> To: Mr Wislr <<A HREF="mailto:Mr%20Wislr%20%3ccontact@unleashpc.com%3e">contact@unleashpc.com</A>> Cc: <A HREF="mailto:lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</A> Subject: Re: Can a USB Device link appear on Desktop when mounted? Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2012 00:43:18 +0000 Sorry, I did not fully read... 1. Plug in USB device 2. Allow PCManFM to mount it. 3. The device will appear on the PCManFM listing on the panel to the left. the USB will be mounted at.. /media under the user name. e.g. I'm phillw, and my USB (DANE-ELEC) device can be found via: cd /media followed by phillw@piglet:/media$ ls which will give the listing as per below (it will be your user name) cdrom phillw You can then cd into your user name area... phillw@piglet:/media/phillw$ ls -l total 20 drwx------ 14 phillw phillw 20480 Jan 1 1970 DANE-ELEC at which point you will see the name of your USB (DANE-ELEC) in my case. Hope that helps. Regards, Phill. On 10 November 2012 00:05, Phill Whiteside <<A HREF="mailto:PhillW@ubuntu.com">PhillW@ubuntu.com</A>> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE> Indeed, when a USB device is plugged in, a window will appear to ask if you want it mounting via 'File Manager'. Just accept the top option and the device will appear on PCManFM in the left hand pane. Regards, Phill. On 9 November 2012 23:50, Mr Wislr <<A HREF="mailto:contact@unleashpc.com">contact@unleashpc.com</A>> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE> On Fri, 09 Nov 2012 16:36:59 -0700 not sure about automount to the desktop but it should appear in the left hand column of pcmanfm (when you open any folder) it should be listed there, you shouldn't have to manually go to /media Lee Gold <<A HREF="mailto:leegold@operamail.com">leegold@operamail.com</A>> wrote: > Hi, > > Using Lubuntu 12.04. When I insert a USB drive it does automatically > mount and I go to /media to find it. But is there a way to also have a > link to it appear automatically on the desktop to? This is a > convienience on some other OS's and wondered if Lubuntu will do this? > > Thanks > > -- Lubuntu-users mailing list <A HREF="mailto:Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</A> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <A HREF="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users</A> <A HREF="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users">-- </A> <A HREF="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw</A> </BLOCKQUOTE> </BLOCKQUOTE> -- <A HREF="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw</A> </BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE> </BLOCKQUOTE> <PRE> </PRE> -- <PRE> Sincerely, AereSincerely, Aere Sincerely, Aere </PRE> </BODY> </HTML>