Hi, folks. I downloaded AntiX and installed on an old Compaq Pavilion system with 512 megs of RAM. I also plugged in an old video card I had laying around. It runs like a brand new system! Only problem is, USB drives, when plugged in, don't mount.

I Googled around but don't quite understand some of the solutions being offered.

The system belongs to my brother. I wiped Windows from it due to all the malware, etc. The thing was just sitting in the corner gathering dust. Antix will give him a new system. __{{emoticon}}__

Mark

To do it manually, In a terminal, will mount it ready for use, it will need to be unmounted before being removed, (to avoid corrupting it).

Edit: Most file managers should mount it by clicking on it.

fatmac wrote:To do it manually, In a terminal,

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sudo mount /dev/<pendrive> /mnt

will mount it ready for use, it will need to be unmounted before being removed,

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sudo umount /mnt

(to avoid corrupting it).

Edit: Most file managers should mount it by clicking on it.

Thaks, but I want it doen automatically. A fried found this:


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Frankly, I'm lost. I'm a Linux user but AntiX' interface is so different, I'm haivng a bit of a time finding my way around. Where is mywindows manager startup file? any help would be greatly appreicated. __{{emoticon}}__

Looks like I stumbled on the solution. __{{emoticon}}__ Apologies for my"thinking out loud.":) My USB devices are now mounting. I added spacefm -d & to spacefm -d & and renamed etc/udev/rules.d/90-fstab-automount.rules to 90-fstab-automount.rules.live-only. Logged off, logged on and things arenow mounting. __{{emoticon}}__