Mass storage mounting scripts
 

I bricked my tablet!
Then I fixed it and wrote this post on how to easily mount and unmount mass storage devices. It's not a howto - more of a "how I did it."

http://thoughtfix.blogspot.com/2006/...-mounting.html

Hey gnuite - Want to round out those last steps?

Why do you do that stuff in the sudoers file? Is that so you don't need to be root to use them each time? I currently do everything in Xterminal as root (I use the sudo gainroot which I modded with the help of a Linux geek friend). I know it's not good to be root all the time and need to get out of that habit.

The goal is to make icons that run the scripts. I failed in that for now... but only for now!

I left some comments in your blog. good work with the usb-powering hack (though I couldn't figure exactly how tou routed the + and - wires from the battery pack into the usb plugs).

I have a question concerning the automount: can you
#cat /etc/fstab
(as root I guess) and post the output here? perhaps that will give us some insight as to how to automount mass-storage devices. A nano running Linux and a N770 make a wonderful pair.

thoughfix,

in the blog, your references to the mount point should be

/home/user/MyDocs/nano

not

/home/usr/MyDocs/nano

Great help... thanks.

P

Thanks putkowski - It was correct in all but two references.

Damn my UNIX fingers for wanting to type /usr/

I hate to say it, but I used-to-have the opposite problem. Now my brain seems to check to see if I'm typing in a white box...

Now we need to mount a swap to a wifi mounted linux box (in case you get bored..)

You're the top page at Planet Maemo..

P

While it seems odd to mount a music player to listen to music, my son's first impression (b4 the 770 was available) was that it would be an excellent "carputer." DC power a 160Gig USB drive and you could wifi your stuff to the driveway... then use the 770 to "tramp" around the internet once you get there...

Or... A front end to a carputer. Have a MP3 capable computer in the car, wi-fi.. Either no display, or rear LCD for movies. Then use the 770 as the controler to choose songs, etc. I haven't quite figured out how I'm going to do NAV.. But hopefully my Bluetooth GPS will be here soon.

The the Carcomputer can Wifi it's own updates, and shut down.

-Jason

i edited my sudoers file difrently
but if i run the comand
as user
i get
i am at a loss

The full command is:
sudo has to grant root privs to the command first :D