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[Aaron Kulkis <akulkis00@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Carlos E. R. wrote:
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> The Friday 2008-01-18 at 14:22 -0500, Doctor Who wrote:
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> > Thanks.  I installed the package successfully, but I don't see how it
> > helps to mount the drive with ntfs-3g.  According to the homepage, I
> > should see a box pop-up when I plug the drive in giving me the option
> > to be able to write to the drive, but that doesn't happen here.  I
> > *do* have ntfs-3g installed and can write to the drive if I mount it
> > manually from a console.
> >
> > Any ideas?
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> Try creating an fstab line for it, using "/dev/disk/by-id/..." as the 
> device node (it is independent of where it is plugged).

Personally, I prefer using a volume label....
That way, it can identify that particular disk drive
as needing 3G support, but if he decides to make, say
an ext3 USB drive, it won't be a major annoyance.


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