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 Re: USB stick problem 
 05 Mar 07 12:37:08 
 
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From: NoStop 
Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu
Subject: Re: USB stick problem
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2007 09:37:07 -0800
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Peter wrote:

> 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....

Hmmm, post your fstab.

Cheers.

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