Re: Why is hotplug a kernel helper?

[Joel Becker]

On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 04:38:29AM +0100, Fredrik Tolf wrote:
> Admittedly, I'm still using the RH8 hotplug scripts, and I suspect
> improvements have been made since then. I was mainly looking for a way
> to auto-mount USB mass storage devices without having to reconfigure
> anything as root. I have all the info I need now, though.

	Hotplug (murasaki in my case) finds the devices just fine.  The
automounter (autofs for local filesystems) automounts them when I change
into the directory.  Also just fine.  In 2.4, no less.  2.6 as well.

Joel


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