Hi,

I recall that some Linux distributions have a feature enabled so that
after attaching a USB storage device a corresponding entry in fstab is
automatically created. Does anyone know what tools and settings are
neccesary for this feature (I'm using Slackware 9.1)?

BTW, if possible, I would like the system to distinguish between
devices. In other words, if the device is the USB floppy drive, I want
an entry pointing to the mount point /media/floppy to be created, if
the device is the USB-memory-stick I want a /media/stick entry, etc..
Is this possible?

Felix

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Felix E. Klee wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I recall that some Linux distributions have a feature enabled so that
> after attaching a USB storage device a corresponding entry in fstab is
> automatically created. Does anyone know what tools and settings are
> neccesary for this feature (I'm using Slackware 9.1)?
>
> BTW, if possible, I would like the system to distinguish between
> devices. In other words, if the device is the USB floppy drive, I want
> an entry pointing to the mount point /media/floppy to be created, if
> the device is the USB-memory-stick I want a /media/stick entry, etc..
> Is this possible?
>

Do some reading on Hotplug, it can do what you want
(Slack comes with it). Also check out Supermount if
you want to have the "gizmo" mounted automagicly
(not in Slack.).