su > umount /dev/hdb. But I would like to allow myself as a user to unmount it too. I think I need to do some /etc/fstab editing here, so
Hello. I have a Transcend JetFlash 256 MB pen drive. Whenever I plug it into my PC, Linux autodetects and automounts it. But as an ordinary user I do not have permission to unmount it, which is required procedure before pulling it out from the machine. Of course, I can goto konsole please give me instructions. Is it also possible for me to give this some permanent location at /media/usbpendrive just like /media/dvdram and /media/cdrom which I already have? Should I specify that at One problem is that, IIRC, the /dev/hd? position of the USB drive depends on what is already mounted. If one of my optical drives is mounted, then that drive will be /dev/hda and my USB drive will be /dev/hdb. If two of my optical drives are mounted, then the USB drive is /dev/hdc. So how do I give the USB drive a consistent reference in fstab? (I have to check this hda-hdb phenomenon again, but I remember it was this way - I'm now writing from Windoze. But the gurus here should know the theory.) While I'm at it: is it possible for an optical drive without any media in it to be mounted, or is mounting only for something that contains a filesystem and not for a pure device?