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On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 09:21:50PM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote |
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> This came up recently with a different subject. Your device does not have |
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> a partition table, instead the filesystem occupies the whole device |
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> (sometimes referred to as a "superfloppy" format). There's nothing wrong |
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> with this, I have a couple of USB sticks like it, and my Nexus S is the |
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> same. |
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> Your automounter should still pick it up. |
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I don't use an automounter. I like to be in control of what gets |
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mounted when. Thanks for the explanation. With it in mind I've finally |
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come up with a plan that works. In /etc/sudoers.d/001 I've included... |
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waltdnes i3 = (root) NOPASSWD: /sbin/fdisk -l /dev/sdc |
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And there's an entry for a vfat device in /etc/fstab for directory |
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/mnt/extc. The command "/sbin/fdisk -l /dev/sdc" seems to read in the |
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partition table into the system and things work from there on in. fdisk |
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only works as root, hence the sudo command. Here's a sample session... |
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waltdnes@i3 ~ $ mount /mnt/extc |
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mount: special device /dev/sdc1 does not exist |
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waltdnes@i3 ~ $ sudo /sbin/fdisk -l /dev/sdc |
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Disk /dev/sdc: 16.0 GB, 16012804096 bytes |
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256 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1939 cylinders, total 31275008 sectors |
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Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes |
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Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes |
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I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes |
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Disk identifier: 0x00000000 |
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Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System |
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/dev/sdc1 * 2048 31275007 15636480 c W95 FAT32 (LBA) |
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waltdnes@i3 ~ $ mount /mnt/extc |
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waltdnes@i3 ~ $ |
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The mount after "sudo /sbin/fdisk -l /dev/sdc" is successful. So all |
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I need is a short script "~/bin/mntc" like so... |
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#!/bin/bash |
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sudo /sbin/fdisk -l /dev/sdc |
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mount /mnt/extc |
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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> |