[OpenIndiana-discuss] How to mount usb devices?

[Apostolos Syropoulos]

On Monday, March 29, 2021, 12:10:20 PM GMT+3, Stephan Althaus <stephan.althaus at duedinghausen.eu> wrote:

>I tested this on a relatively new OI system where the user *should* be
>standard, and i get the same:
>
>a) The USB device gets connected ('hotplug') and is accessible via
>rmformat & friends
>b) The vfat partition on the USB stick is not mounted automatically
>c) only the root-role is allowed to mount the partition
>
>So the automount feature needs some additional magic to work, it does
>not work rightoutofthebox.

I updated my system on 2021:03:18 and I reported this problem to this
list. I can mount a USB thumb disk using mount -F pcfs but the automagic
thing is lost. However, when I insert a DVD into the DVD driver the automount
thing works. 

A.S.
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Apostolos Syropoulos
Xanthi, Greece