How to make a partition from a new disk turn up in comupter:// in gnome?

[Brian Durant]

On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 21:34:21 +0100, Maximilian Gerlach <m at px0.de> wrote:
> Hi Kent,
> I'm sorry, but I don't know any 'gnome way' to do this. The only way to
> make devices appear in the computer:// menu I am aware of, is editing
> the /etc/fstab.
> Example:
> /dev/sdb1       /mnt/FATHDD     auto    rw,user,auto    0       0
> This is one line I added to my fstab in order to make the first
> partition of my (sata-) harddisk appear. To be read as follows: device
> path, mount point, filesystem type, options (read/write, mountable as a
> user, auto mount on boot), don't-really-know-what-just-use-this, same as
> the thing before ;) :)
> 
> Hope this was helpful,
> Maxi
> 
> PS: This should also answer your question what and when something
> appears in the computer:// window

My recent experience with this issue is that you need to mount under
/media/ for it to show up in the "Computer" window. Here is my
/etc/fstab entry:

/dev/hdb1       /media/fat32      vfat    umask=000       0       0

Cheers,

Brian