On Monday 25 December 2006 09:16, Robert Spangler wrote: > On Mon December 25 2006 11:52, Robert Spangler wrote: > > Is there any good how-to's for getting a usb memory stick to auto mount > > when it is connected to the usb port? Or is this to happen > > automatically? I got a 2G memory stick for Christmas so that I can > > transfer files from machine to machine (home/work) but it doesn't look > > like it mounts automatically like the cdrom does. Thnx for your input. > > Looking at this page it states that it should but I'm not seeing it, now > I'm wondering what I did/am doing wrong. > > http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/step-guide/s1-d >isks-usb.html It usually works for me exactly as stated in the link you sent. I insert a USB drive device, it creates the /media/DEVICE_TYPE directory (and the appropriate fstab entry), and it's up to me or the file manager to actually run the mount command (mount /media/DEVICE_TYPE) to make it accessible in the directory. -- - Kevan Benson - A-1 Networks