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

[vlok stone]

Is the partition vfat or ntfs?  If it's ntfs you'll
need the kernel modules loaded to mount it. 

--- Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com> 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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