Re: How to connect my ipod?
On Sat, Jan 09, 2010 at 11:13:56AM +0100, Joost Kraaijeveld wrote: Hi, I got a brand new toy, an iPod classic 160 GB, for my birthday today. When I connect I can see it through Nautilus. But depending on the mood of my machine (?) it is mounted as /dev/sdd, /dev/sde of whatever sd* it sees fit at /media/usb0 or /media/usb1 if I happened to have a usb-memory stick in my machine. Is it possible to let the iPod appear consistently at /media/ipod so that I can use it with GtkPod, which expects it to be at that mount point (or any other consistent mount point I guess)? If so, how does one do that using Debian Squeeze? udev + fstab You should write an udev rule for making something like /dev/ipod when a device is connected to the computer. And then write line like next in the fstab: /dev/ipod /media/ipod vfat noauto,sync,users 0 0 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: How to connect my ipod?
On Sun, 2010-01-10 at 11:25 +0300, lego_12...@rambler.ru wrote: udev + fstab You should write an udev rule for making something like /dev/ipod when a device is connected to the computer. And then write line like next in the fstab: /dev/ipod /media/ipod vfat noauto,sync,users 0 0 If all that is required is a consistent mount point, then just give a label to the iPod USB mass storage partition. Nautilus should automount removable media to /media/volume-label-name. -- Tixy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: How to connect my ipod?
On Sat, Jan 09, 2010 at 11:13:56AM +0100, Joost Kraaijeveld wrote: [...] Is it possible to let the iPod appear consistently at /media/ipod so that I can use it with GtkPod, which expects it to be at that mount point (or any other consistent mount point I guess)? If so, how does one do that using Debian Squeeze? http://reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html might help. A signature.asc Description: Digital signature
