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- Subject: [SLUG] Re: How do I automount CF card when PCMCIA adapter inserted?
- From: Ben Buxton <bb@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2006 11:39:49 +0200
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John Clarke <johnc+slug@xxxxxxxxxxx> uttered the following thing:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a new (HP) laptop with Ubuntu 6.06. Most things just work :-)
>
> I also have a PCMCIA compact flash adapter which works, except that I
> have to mount the drive manually after inserting it. I'd like to have
> it automount but having never played with PCMCIA on Linux I don't know
> what to do to make it happen.
>
> Would someone please point me in the right direction?
If you're fairly desktop-agnostic, you can try reverting to Kubuntu. I
find KDE does a marvellous job at auto-mounting removable media. When I
stick a removable disk in (either usb or pcmcia), it pops up asking me
what to do (and i can set it to remember my choice).
Also on an HP laptop.
BB