Ed, Thanks for the information. But... see below. On Monday 25 April 2005 09:25, Ed Harrison wrote:
** Reply to message from Randall R Schulz
on Sun, 24 Apr 2005 10:10:34 -0700 ... How can I selectively suppress the auto-mounting of this device so VMware can allow the Windows host OS to access it? I don't mind having to take some action before inserting the flash stick when I want it to be seen by Windows, but I not willing to reboot or even log out and back in to do so.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance.
Randall Schulz
It is not that difficult. Hotplug is automatically loading usb-storage when you plug the drive in.
You can disable hotplug, but other usb devices will not be activated.
Well, I can hardly afford to have my printer go off-line (though I'd dearly like to get a real printer, a laser printer that does PostScript and that attaches via Ethernet, not one of these rip-off ink-jet things...).
Or, as root, do a rmmod usb-storage; however, this module supports all USB storage devices.
If that is acceptable, then go to VM>>Removable Devices>>USB Devices and check the name of the drive.
If there's a way to selectively configure which USB devices or classes of devices are managed by hot-plug daemon, that would be ideal.
If it is not in the list, go to Full Screen in VM, unplug and replug the drive. It should now appear in the list, and may even show up in My Computer.
Ed Harrison
Randall Schulz