Krishnaprasad: Actually no, it fails because the mount point isn't there. So I assume the hotplug events do something to create the directory first, mount to it, and delete it on umount. I guess I'm wondering how to do the same, for consistency. Scully -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Krishnaprasad_K@xxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 9:39 AM To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: USB drives Ur syntax seems to be correct. When you execute mount /dev/sdb1 /media/usbfixedhd manually it works right? For more info about fstab, please see the below link http://www.humbug.org.au/talks/fstab/fstab.html Thanks, Krishnaprasad -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list