[OpenIndiana-discuss] How to mount usb devices?

[Jean-Pierre André]

Gary Mills wrote on 3/29/21 3:06 PM:
> On Sun, Mar 28, 2021 at 04:24:58PM -0500, Gary Mills wrote:
>> On Sun, Mar 28, 2021 at 08:38:33PM -0700, irixuzer wrote:
>>> I'm new to the list. Ive been trying to mount usb devices. After the first
>>> time, which was successful, I've been getting the following:
>>
>> If you are using the dbus service, the usual case with OI, USB devices
>> get mounted automatically.  You don't have to do anything.  The FMRI
>> of that service is svc:/system/dbus:default .
> 
> I see I made a mistake in this message.  It's the hal service that
> mounts USB devices automatically.  The FMRI is:
> 
>      svc:/system/hal:default
> 
> This service is present on all my OI systems, but then I installed
> them initially with the GUI installer.  I don't know if the hal
> service is installed by the text installer.
> 

And why is it restricted to vfat ? External usb disks are factory
formatted as ntfs, which is more suitable for OS-agnostics
backups. Automatic mounting Exfat devices would also be useful.

This would alleviate the pain of having to determine the path
assigned to the device after plugging it in, even if I do not
mind having to issue a mount command.

I ported "blkid" from Linux for alleviating the pain (sorry
for the taboo), and keep away from the dangerous "format" way.

Jean-Pierre