[NTLUG:Discuss] Flash Memory Reader on RH8 configuration

[Kyle Davenport]

>>>>>From: "Jack Snodgrass" <jack+ntlug at mylinuxguy.net>
On Sat, 29 Mar 2003 12:08:05 -0600, terry wrote:

>
> I have a USB flash memory card reader that I hooked up and configured
last
> week, and I created a mount point directory, and added an entry in
/etc/fstab
>  for it and it worked just fine,  UNTIL, I rebooted yesterday and all
that
> got wiped out, so had to do it all again.  (Mount point, and fstab entry
both
> gone) What causes that?  And how can I stop it?  Or what workaround do I
need
> to use?

kudzu does some weird stuff with the /etc/fstab file.
<<<<<

That "weird stuff" is updfstab (see manpage).  It's configurable.  When
kudzu runs with the usb card attached it will configure it for you, but
then later, you will have to force kudzu to accept it when it's not
attached.   I prefer autofs myself.

Kyle