On 5/25/07, Scott Silva <ssilva at sgvwater.com> wrote: > Because in linux, everything mounts under one directory tree. So to mount > something in that tree, the "directory" needs to exist first. If that drive > isn't mounted, the mountpoint will still exist, and can hold data by itself. > Unless you set up something like automount that would create the mountpoint, > and mount the drive, and after you disconnect, would remove the mountpoint. It > would have to check if the drive was there before it created the mountpoint, > and stop if it wasn't. Linux has unix roots, and it pre-dates things like > removable drives. It comes from a time when drives were large and expensive, > and stayed in place once attached. > As far as I can tell, all USB drives are handled by automount. My /media is empty unless there is something attached to the machine that "should" live there, like a USB drive or a DVD/CD in one of my DVD drives. -- Mark Hull-Richter DATAllegro (www.datallegro.com) 85 Enterprise, Second Floor, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656 949-680-3082 - Office 949-680-3001 - fax Ask me about CentOS Linux, and escape from Windows forever! [This message is NOT SPAM and is sent in strict accordance with Google, Yahoo, AOL, Netscape and Earthlink Terms of Service. If you are NOT receiving this through a group and do not want any more emails from me, please reply to me and let me know. If you are receiving this second-hand, this sender disclaims all responsibility for your response.]