> > Dennis Kaptain wrote: > > > > Yes this drive has it's own power supply. Yes I plug in the > > external power supply before connecting the USB connector. > > Sometimes the drive mounts without a problem. When I try to copy > > more than a few MB of data it un-mounts itself and generates an error. > > What I'd like to do is have a entry /dev/sdb1 and have it not > > mounted so I can fsck. I think if I umount /media/backup it will > > also delete the /dev entry. > > > Unmounting /media/backup should not delete the /dev entries. Only > unplugging the drive should do that. > > It sounds like there is a hardware problem of some kind if the drive > disconnects after transferring a few MB of data. What is hte error > message you get? > > If you want an entry in /etc/fstab, then you will want to create a > udev rule for the drive, giving it a specific symlink, and using the > symlink in /etc/fstab. That way, if you have a USB memory stick or > something already using /dev/sdb, you can still mount the drive. > After we fix the other problems, I can help you with that. > > Mikkel > -- Mikkel I'm going to have to wait on this until Tuesday. I have company coming in for the weekend and can't play with my computer. Thanks for your help, I'll be back with you on Tuesday Dennis K ¡Todo sobre Amor y Sexo! La guía completa para tu vida en Mujer de Hoy. http://mx.mujer.yahoo.com/ -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines