* Leendert Meyer <leen.meyer@home.nl> [03-17-05 14:14]:
On Thursday 17 March 2005 19:37, Ken Schneider wrote:
Just for testing purposes (SuSE 9.2 fresh install as of lastnight) I plugged in my flash drive and did not find any entry added to /etc/fstab but there was an entry added to the end of /etc/mtab. Issue the mount command without any parameters and the info presented can be used to add and entry to fstab with minor modification. /etc/fstab is -not- meant to be dynamic where as /etc/mtab is.
I vaguely remember that at some point in time SuSE changed fstab also (in the 9.1 days???).
But I think it's indeed better to not change fstab for the reason you mentioned.
I would guess then that there was a change after 9.0 as I get the following generated when a hotplug device is recognized: /dev/sdg1 /media/sdg1 auto sync,noauto,user,exec 0 0 #HOTPLUG oxVZ.vQkoml3mTJ4 /dev/sdb4 /media/sdb4 auto sync,noauto,user,exec 0 0 #HOTPLUG B3Fu.AdW+w1Qx+W6 /dev/sdc1 /media/sdc1 auto sync,noauto,user,exec 0 0 #HOTPLUG _DVI.vQkoml3mTJ4 fstab is still editable and the place to define a consistant mount-point. I *fully* intended to install 9.2 but have been toooo happy with the consistancy of 9.0. I *will* install 9.3 when my pre-order is filled! And, hopefully, onto *new* equipment, amd probably 64 bit. -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org HOG # US1244711 Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery