[nflug] Flushing a USB drive (and mounting a second partition from my desktop)

[Joe]

Joe wrote:
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> Joe
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> Cyber Source wrote:
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>> <so I wouldn't be sure what
>> unmounting it (Safely Remove  - option) would do relative to the second
>> partition.>
>> HUH?
>>     
> When I plug in my USB Drive, I get an icon on the desktop which allows
> me to mount and unmount the first partition (the Windoze one) of the
> drive.  There is no similar icon/option for the second partition
> (Linux), so I don't know of any way to mount/unmount it other than by
> using the command line.  I can do command line, but if someone else
> (non-technical) is using the system, I don't want them anywhere near the
> command line.  Other than my convenience, that's what this whole
> discussion is about.
>   
>> <BTW, do you know how to get a usb drive to always be the same /dev...
>> even when it's plugged into a different usb port or plugged in after
>> something else?>
>> That's what UUID's are all about.
>>     
> Yes.  I just learned about that working on repartitioning my drive.
>   
>> Joe wrote:
>>     
>>> Cyber Source wrote:
>>>  
>>>       
>>>> udev should handle the second partition as it does the first. Have a
>>>> look in your /etc/fstab file for a conflicting entry relative to the
>>>> partition that's not automounting, you most likely have a conflicting
>>>> entry in there with the "noauto" option. I'm a gnome guy but I'm sure
>>>> if you right click on the icon in kde, you'll get a eject/unmount
>>>> option for the drive just like in windows.
>>>>
>>>> Joe wrote:
>>>>    
>>>>         
>>>>> I have a USB 250GB hard disk with two partitions on it.  One is for
>>>>> Windoze and one for Linux.
>>>>>
>>>>> When I plug it into the usb socket, kubuntu/kde puts an icon on my
>>>>> desktop for the first partition on the drive (which happens to be the
>>>>> windows one).
>>>>>
>>>>> I can mount the second partition (Linux) manually using sudo mount
>>>>> /dev/sdb2 /media/linusb
>>>>>
>>>>> * How can I get the second partition to mount just like the first one
>>>>> does - with no fuss?
>>>>>
>>>>> * When I want to unplug the drive, how do I flush it (assure that all
>>>>> writes have completed)?  For the Windoze partition, I just right-click
>>>>> on the desktop disk icon and select "safely remove".
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>> Joe
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>>> That might work, but I'm not sure since clicking on the icon only mounts
>>> the first partition (as far as accessing it), so I wouldn't be sure what
>>> unmounting it (Safely Remove  - option) would do relative to the second
>>> partition.
>>>
>>> I used to sort of know my way around fstab in Mandrake 9.1, but this
>>> stuff about UUID ... is completely new.
>>> The drive itself becomes /dev/sdb1 and /dev/sdb2 when connected and I
>>> don't think anything in fstab references that at all.
>>>
>>> BTW, do you know how to get a usb drive to always be the same /dev...
>>> even when it's plugged into a different usb port or plugged in after
>>> something else?
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> Joe
>>>
>>> fstab:
>>>
>>> bigbird at sananda:/etc$ cat fstab
>>> # /etc/fstab: static file system information.
>>> #
>>> #  -- This file has been automatically generated by ntfs-config --
>>> #
>>> # <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
>>>
>>> proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
>>> # Entry for /dev/sda4 :
>>> UUID=c171912f-5148-41b9-a2e3-70a68361cc57 / ext3
>>> defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
>>> # Entry for /dev/sda6 :
>>> UUID=0deaaf4c-bacb-4644-a3f1-96c46c1b8844 none swap sw 0 0
>>> /dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
>>> /dev/sda1 /media/windoze ntfs-3g
>>> auto,rw,gid=1002,umask=0002,locale=en_US.utf8 0 0
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When I manually mount the second partition, I now see an icon for it
appear on the desktop.  This has an option for safely remove.  So that
problem is solved, but mounting the partition from the desktop is still
an issue.

Joe