Removable drives fails to mount automatically

[zer0halo]

I've had the same problem off and on. Most of the time it works,
sometimes it doesn't.

A work around though is to specify the device in your /etc/fstab file. 

Edit your /etc/fstab and add a line like:

/dev/sda1      /path      vfat    user,rw,noauto,umask=000        0 0

replace /path with something like /media/thumbdrive or whatever you
want to call it. Of course you'll have to create that folder first and
make sure that your user has write access to it. Ie:

$ sudo mkdir /media/thumbdrive
$ sudo chown youruser /media/thumbdrive

The device should always mount to /media/thumbdrive

Also, your device might not be using /dev/sda1. It might be using
/dev/sda2 or even /dev/sdb. To see which /dev your device is using,
plug in the device, and go to System, Administration, Device Manager.
Find the device, click on Advanced tab, under block_device. If the
device doesn't show up at all under Device Manager, then your system
isn't even recognizing it, and it of course won't mount.



On 7/10/05, Wide <ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org> wrote:
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> I am having the same problem, with a fresh install all works fine.
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> After a reboot I can not mount any removable drives.
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> 
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