Yes, read the man page. It is a wrapper for mount with goodies. If mount works, that means pmount isn't needed (because the correct entry exists in /etc/fstab). <div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 6:37 PM, Andrew Kane <<a href="mailto:googoleyes@gmail.com">googoleyes@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">The command for mounting / unmounting removable media is pmount. If mount works, then well and good- but AFAIK pmount is the "right way". see "man pmount" for more information. Kudos to David for solving the problem, and I apologize if I've muddied the waters unnecessarily. -- xubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div>