Project Idea - Automount of flash media - help needed.

Bryce C wrote:
> Yes, I could setup hotplug so that it would run whatever when I plugged
> in the cardreader, but I don't want to have to do that (plug/unplug the
> cardreader). I'm looking for something that will possibly monitor the
> luns of the usb cardreader, watching for a partition to appear and the
> run whatever. So far, I've looked at amd, autofs, and supermount and I
> haven't found very clear answers as to whether they might accomplish
> this. amd, and autofs to an extent, seem to focus on mount NFS
> filesystems on demand. "On demand" doesn't solve my problem here because
> the user shouldn't have to do anything besides insert the media.
> I'm really starting to wonder if this is at all possible without
> something like an ATAPI insert notification that would signal the kernel
> a [new] disc had been inserted in to the CD-ROM drive.
> It seems that Mandrake does something like this, automatically opening
> konqueror when a new cd's been inserted, or also a USB flash drive.
> Anyone know if this works (my idea of just inserting media) in Mandrake?
> If so, I'll download a copy and try and extract how it does it.
> I'm sorry for my long ramble. Just trying to sort things out.
> -Bryce

Oh oh oh, yes. You are talking about a USB Card Reader that accepts media ... I
am sorry, I was thinking a USB Key ... where you would have the plugin event
(presumably, yes). I have been annoyed by the USB card readers in general. I
guess I can't help in that case.

Austin