Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2005 21:36:51 -0800 From: Kevin Smith <smithcam@adelphia.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: mounting firewire/USB storate devices Message-ID: <41DA2B73.9080809@adelphia.net>
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I'm a little new at this, but can some suggest what is the best way to mount firewire and usb storage devices ? I am using both my ipod and compact flash devices with freeBSD but I find that I do not have a simple setup that allows me to mount them easily without manually looking at the /dev directory to figure out which device number belongs to which device. (or using camcontrol devlist) and then editing the /dev/fstab file each time. I first used a /etc/fstab setup that looks like: /dev/da0s1 /sandisk msdosfs rw,noauto 0 0 /dev/da1s2 /ipod msdos rw,noauto 0 0 That does work, however, the scsi device numbers change, depending on what is plugged in and what order you plugged them in and you end up having to fish around with camcontrol to figure out what number is assigned to what...Questions. (1) Is there an easier way to manage these devices. For example, if there is a way to auto mount them when they are plugged in that would be nice. Gnome 2.8 is supposed to support this, but I have not found any clear way on how to set it up. (2) More general but related question...Currently with the setup I have above, if I want to use the command "mount /ipod", I have to be superuser. What permissions do I need to set so that a normal user can do the mount ? -or- what group would the user have to be in. By default users on my system are in operator and wheel groups. Thanks....
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