[PATCH] add a question/answer about automounting usb devices to the FAQ.

Thanks to bert hubert <ahu@ds9a.nl> for the text.

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@@ -84,6 +84,20 @@ Q: How will udev handle devices found before init runs?
 A: udev will be placed in initramfs and run for every device that is found.
    Work to get this implemented is still underway.
 
+Q: Can I use udev to automount a USB device when I connect it?
+A: Technically, yes, but udev is not intended for this. Projects that do
+   automount hotplugged storage devices are:
+     * Usb-mount http://users.actrix.co.nz/michael/usbmount.html
+     * devlabel http://linux.dell.com/projects.shtml#devlabel   
+                                                             
+   Alternatively, it is easy to add the following to fstab:  
+   /udev/pendrive       /pendrive       vfat    user,noauto             0       0
+
+   This means that users can access the device with:
+   $ mount /pendrive
+   And don't have to be root but will get full permissions on /pendrive.
+   This works even without udev if /udev/pendrive is replaced by /dev/sda1
+
 Q: I have other questions about udev, where do I ask them?
 A: The linux-hotplug-devel mailing list is the proper place for it.  The
    address for it is linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net