today it shows up in /mnt/hotplug
which is better? a static or dynamic fstab?
I would think dynamic except this USB drive doesn't want to stay put! 
at least now my ICON is working!

bmike1@1[sda1]$ more /etc/fstab
/dev/hda1 / reiserfs defaults,noatime,notail 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0622 0 0
/dev/hda4 /home auto defaults,noatime 1 2
# Dynamic entries
/dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1 vfat noauto,users,exec,umask=000 0 0
/dev/sdb1 swap swap sw,pri=1 0 0
/dev/hda3 /mnt/hda3 ext3 noauto,users,exec 0 0
bmike1@1[sda1]$
bmike1@1[sda1]$

On Sunday 23 April 2006 20:53, Michael wrote:
> lovely..... now it doesn't show the device at all!
>
> On Sunday 23 April 2006 19:21, Michael wrote:
> > Ahhhhh man!
> >
> > It doesn't mount and list the files in konqueror now! What it does is
> > konqueror appears at page file:/mnt/sda1 with no files in the app.  It
> > seems that the drive isn't mounting. What is wrong with the 'script'? -1-
> >
> > Oh. It seems that it is appearing in the 'mount partitions'  icon this
> > time. This makes it seem that this is a 'floating' drive. Is there
> > something I could 'add' that would make it  so that no matter what my
> > icon would work? Would making fstab look like -2- work? If I were to
> > change fstab though, how could I ensure that it does not change again? I
> > mean sda1 was the swap device until I plugged the memory stick in.
> >
> > What do you think?
> >
> > -2-
> > (after mod.)
> > /dev/hda1 / reiserfs defaults,noatime,notail 0 0
> > proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
> > devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0622 0 0
> > /dev/hda4 /home ext3 defaults,noatime 1 2
> > /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1 vfat noauto,users,exec 0 0
> > # Dynamic entries
> > /dev/sdb1 swap swap sw,pri=1 0 0
> > /dev/hda3 /mnt/hda3 ext3 noauto,users,exec 0 0
> >
> > (before mod)
> > /dev/hda1 / reiserfs defaults,noatime,notail 0 0
> > proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
> > devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0622 0 0
> > /dev/hda4 /home auto defaults,noatime 1 2
> > # Dynamic entries
> > /dev/sdb1 swap swap sw,pri=1 0 0
> > /dev/hda3 /mnt/hda3 ext3 noauto,users,exec 0 0
> > /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1 <I modified this section and don't remember what it
> > was>
> >
> > -1-
> > 1	[Desktop Entry]
> > 	Comment=
> > 	Comment[en_US]=
> > 4	Encoding=UTF-8
> > 	Exec= sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1; konqueror file:/mnt/sda1
> > 	GenericName=
> > 7	GenericName[en_US]=
> > 	Icon=usb.xpm
> > 	MimeType=
> > 10	Name=USB.Drive
> > 	Name[en_US]=USB.Drive
> > 	ServiceTypes=
> > 13	Type=Application
> >
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