Re: usb memory key

[Bill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com>]

Rolf Dubitzky (dubitzky@pktw06.phy.tu-dresden.de) said: 
> I have some USB memory keys and would like them to be automagically added to
> /etc/fstab like my sony digicam. I tried to figure out how it works with the
> digicam (with sony memorystick) and ended at updfstab.
> I added following lines to /etc/updfstab.conf
> 
> device memkey {
>     partition 1
>     symlink false
>     match   hd "Mobile Disk"
>     match   hd "Instant USB Disk"
> }
> 
> This works in principle, but I can hardly imagine, that I have to figure out
> the matching string for every new memory key I plug in my box.
> 
> Is editing /etc/updfstab.conf the canonical way to make updfstab aware of
> devices, and do I have to do it for every new model of memory key?  Isn't
> there a more generic way?  

Well, you could have it just 'match hd'; this will match everything of this
class.

Bill


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