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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