Look at it this way - as a sysadmin I would not want removable media (floppy cd/dvd pen drives etc to enter (for fear of contamination of my network) or taken away (information security) so much so such devices are disabled - and that is precisely where the problem lies. Most of us are worried about one's own machine and one is free to do whatever as long as it is standalone. Come networking, the scenario changes drastically. DOS/Windows came into being in the standalone mode and is good and functional in that environ.
Also, knowing more is, as far as I am concerned, better than knowing nothing - it does it all for you- attitude is good enough as long as it works; when it fails one does not know what is to be done - and that is bad best/harish . On 11 May 2010 19:06, Yadu Nand <yadudoc1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Praveen, > > Just to clarify, please check this paste-->http://pastebin.com/Wuymp9Qn > Thats the output from " sudo fdisk -l " > > > That is exactly what we are discussing, why is it not there by default? > Because, Linux is not about someone else making choices for you. It's > about giving the user control. > > > Why can't it just work, like in many distros? I get a nautilus window > > popped up (I can turn the pop up if I want but still a click in places > > or Computer windo mounts it) with the drive when I plug it. > When I plug in my external drive with one NTFS drive and one ext3 > drive, they are automatically mounted. > > > That is exactly what we don't want to do. Why any user has to edit > > /etc/fstab manually to get his external drive working? > There are other ways to do. Editing fstab is not the only way > > -- > Thanks and Regards, > Yadu Nand B > (+91 94477 80725) > > -- > "Freedom is the only law". > "Freedom Unplugged" > http://www.ilug-tvm.org > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "ilug-tvm" group. > To control your subscription visit > http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe > To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > > > For details visit the google group page: > http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en > -- "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
