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On 7 Aug 2009, at 00:01, walt wrote: |
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> Gnome, for example, automatically mounts removable media on /media. |
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> I don't know if that default can even be changed, and I never bothered |
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> to find out. |
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> ... |
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> If you plan to mount your data partition (or whatever) so that it will |
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> always be in exactly the same place, then you should create a new |
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> mount |
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> point of your own and mount your partition there using /etc/fstab. |
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> Where you put the new mount point depends on whether the filesystem is |
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> to be available to all users of the machine, or just you. |
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I perhaps should have mentioned that it's a headless server & that |
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this will just basically be a drive which is used for file-serving. |
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So no automount stuff goes near it. |
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I'm inclined to look at automounting USB disks, CFcard readers & |
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stuff, because sometimes it is handy to plug those into the machine |
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which serves as central file repository. |
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But right now I'm seeing no reason not to use my familiar /mnt/space |
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convention. |
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Stroller. |
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