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Option to automount drives on bootup
Written by
dmritard96
the 22 Aug 09 at 03:40. Global category: Usability.
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Right now I have to deal with annoying settings in fstab to automount my second harddrive. Or I have to install some program to manage it.
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Solution #1:
Right Click option
Written by
dmritard96
the 22 Aug 09 at 03:40.
I would like to right click on my second harddrive and have an option to mount on boot. I would also like the option to appear in the properties dialogue.
I would like to right click on my second harddrive and have an option to mount on boot. I would also like the option to appear in the properties dialogue.
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Solution #2:
Tab for Mounting Issues in 'Properties'
Written by
Akerbos
the 23 Aug 09 at 15:16.
Should be clear; no need to clutter the context menue.
Should be clear; no need to clutter the context menue.
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Solution #3:
Hole new Configuration App for Booting and Mounting Issues
Written by
Akerbos
the 23 Aug 09 at 15:31.
This is a domain where, sadly, only low-level access is possible. It has to be made usable to more users.
This is a domain where, sadly, only low-level access is possible. It has to be made usable to more users.
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Solution #4:
Automount all drives by default
Written by
tholme
the 30 Aug 09 at 20:46.
Just automount all drives that can be mounted automatically.
Just automount all drives that can be mounted automatically.
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Solution #5:
Remember Mount Status
Written by
Avantarius
the 10 Sep 09 at 15:23.
Save a list of all mounted drives at shutdown. When turned on again the saved mounts are restored automatically so no configuration app or similar is needed. If you don't want a mounted drive to reappear after reboot, just unmount it before computer shutdown!
Save a list of all mounted drives at shutdown. When turned on again the saved mounts are restored automatically so no configuration app or similar is needed. If you don't want a mounted drive to reappear after reboot, just unmount it before computer shutdown!
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Solution #6:
make mounting of ressources via wlan more bullet proof
Written by
spocky
the 11 Sep 09 at 06:07.
at the moment auto mounting of ressources over wlan is a pain...
sometime the ressources (e.g. NAS over WLAN) are recognised and mounted automatically
sometimes a mount -a is necessary
similarity is given to the shutdown "experience" where sometime ubuntu is waiting for the ressource while it might have been shutdown already
at the moment auto mounting of ressources over wlan is a pain... sometime the ressources (e.g. NAS over WLAN) are recognised and mounted automatically sometimes a mount -a is necessary similarity is given to the shutdown "experience" where sometime ubuntu is waiting for the ressource while it might have been shutdown already
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Solution #7:
automount & mount on systemstart
Written by
hakaishi
the 17 Oct 09 at 08:58.
I think to solve this problem there could be made a second option in the gconf-editor. Something like media_mount_on_systemstart.
And then media_automount should be used only for the automount while media_mount_on_systemstart handles whether the options auto/noauto if fstab are ignored or not.
Another way to solve this would be to let media_automount handle the automount only and let fstab handle the rest.
Right now it's description is as following:
"If set to true, then Nautilus will automatically mount media such as user-visible hard disks and removable media on start-up and media insertion."
I think it should be reduced to:
"If set to true, then Nautilus will automatically mount media such as user-visible hard disks and removable media on insertion."
I think to solve this problem there could be made a second option in the gconf-editor. Something like media_mount_on_systemstart. And then media_automount should be used only for the automount while media_mount_on_systemstart handles whether the options auto/noauto if fstab are ignored or not. Another way to solve this would be to let media_automount handle the automount only and let fstab handle the rest. Right now it's description is as following: "If set to true, then Nautilus will automatically mount media such as user-visible hard disks and removable media on start-up and media insertion." I think it should be reduced to: "If set to true, then Nautilus will automatically mount media such as user-visible hard disks and removable media on insertion."
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