Mount issue

[Robert Spanjaard]

On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:15:21 -0600, debiani386 at gmail.com wrote:

> I have read that ubuntu (and pretty much any linux running 2.6.18 and
> newer) has this power conservation feature that limits the power output
> to the usb. A normal usb will output about 5 volts of electricty. I
> believe the power save feature cuts it in half, so a few devices, such
> as wireless cards, external hard drives, thumbdrives, and a few other
> devices may not work. What i ended up doing to get around that was to
> create 99-custom.rules in the /etc/udev/rules.d directory. I dont think
> that showing mine as an example would be a good idea because mine is
> used for my usb wireless device

Although that doesn't explain this particular error (an illegal mount 
point has nothing to do with power requirements), I would be interested 
in the rule you created.

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