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From: Peter 
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Subject: Re: USB stick problem
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2007 17:27:16 +0000
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On Mon, 05 Mar 2007 09:01:43 -0800, NoStop  wrote:

>Seaside Peter wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 04 Mar 2007 16:01:30 +0100, Xunil Resu wrote:
>> 
>>> When I turn on my pc and start a Kubuntu 6.10 session I always have to
>>> end the session and log in again before Kununtu/KDE sees my USB stick?
>>> What could cause this and how can it be remedied?
>>> 
>>> Xunil Resu
>> 
>> This will be no help - but in my case, my Freecom usb external drive only
>> gets recognised about one in three boots. Flash drives are always
>> recognised. My theory is that it's something to do with the time the drive
>> takes to initialise.
>> 
>> It's annoying, though.
>
>It's because external drives are recognized using hotplug. If you have the
>drive connected when you boot the computer and intend to leave it
>connected, then just make an entry in fstab for that drive. Otherwise, pull
>out the drive and connect it again once you're at your desktop.
>
>Cheers.

Actually, that doesn't seem to work. I make a folder for the drive in
/media, write an fstab line for it, reboot, and there it is. But the
next time I reboot - it's gone again...

Error log and lsusb just say device sda doesn't exist....
-- 
Peter
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