USB / umass / automount

[Jonathan Horne]

On Tuesday 22 January 2008 06:13:17 pm Chris Hill wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Jan 2008, David Alanis wrote:
> > Quoting Oliver Peter <hoschi at mouhaha.de>:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> What is currently the best way to attach and detach umass-devices
> >> automatically?
> >>
> >> Bye
> >> Oliver
> >>
> >> --
> >> Oliver PETER, email: hoschi at mouhaha.de, ICQ# 113969174
> >> "Worker bees can leave.  Even drones can fly away.
> >>                         The Queen is their slave."
> >
> > Could you just edit your fstab to have:
> >
> > /dev/umass-device /umass /umass-type auto 0 0
>
>                                         ^^^^
> This will not make the auto-mounter daemon happen; rather, it will cause
> the system to try to mount /dev/umass-device at boot time. If the umass
> device is not connected at boot time, the system will need manual
> intervention in order to boot. Probably not what the OP wants. Besides,
> auto is the default anyway.
>
> --
> Chris Hill               chris at monochrome.org
> **                     [ Busy Expunging <|> ]


sysutils/desktopbsd-tools.  not automatic, but at least there is a little tray 
icon you can click on to control the mounting/unmounting.  works well for me.

cheers,
-- 
Jonathan Horne
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