Mounting-Dismounting Flash Drives in 2.6

[perthie]

I don't know where in the 2.6 cycle this appeared, but when a flash drive is unplugged, its mount point is no longer erased. So in ROX-filer, an icon continues to be displayed for that drive.

When a new flash drive is plugged in, it takes several refreshes to show its contents.

[roberts]

Just the opposite. When reporting be sure to test with base norestore.
Doing so, you will see that the mount point is removed from /etc/fstab upon removal

If you have a problem with Rox then that should be reported in the TCE area.

[perthie]

Testing TC 2.5 base norestore:

1. plug in flash drive
2. check ls /mnt - it lists sdb1
3. unplug drive
4. check ls /mnt - sdb1 is gone

Testing TC 2.6 base norestore:

1. plug in flash drive
2. check ls /mnt - it lists sdb1
3. unplug drive
4. check ls /mnt - sdb1 is still there

[roberts]

We are talkinig about two different things.
/mnt/sdb1 is a directory.
The change was to update /etc/fstab.
Compare /etc/fstab from v2.5 to v2.6

So, if manually make a bogus directory under /mnt Rox will display a mountable device?

[perthie]

In ROX, I can quickly mount/dismount a partition by opening /mnt in a ROX window and clicking on the partition's icon.

In previous versions, an icon automatically appeared when a flash drive was plugged in and disappeared when it was removed.

In 2.6, the icon stays. So the ROX window must be refreshed until it detects that a new flash drive has been connected.

[roberts]

See: http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php?topic=3883.msg20562#msg20562
/etc/fstab now works within the base.  Rox is an extension.