Re: Help: USB Disk on Key not working-Mandrake 10

From: Walter Mautner (nextnews.15.eatallspam_at_spamgourmet.com)
Date: 04/05/04


Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2004 20:28:37 +0200

Michael Badt wrote:

>
> Hi,
> My new Mandrake 10 did NOT initially recognize my (USB) disk on key (128
> MB FAT32, single partition). Using Harddrake I managed to add the
> following line to mt fstab, yet I still do NOT get the hotplug
> functionality.
>
> /dev/sda1 /mnt/removable vfat defaults 0 0
>
> Can someone please post the respective line (or advise me) from a proper
> configured machine.
>
Try (as root) "modprobe usb-storage" and edit your fstab line to "noauto"
instead the "defaults". Otherwise your boot may hang when you have not
inserted the stick.

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