[conspire] Editing Fstab

Sun Dec 4 01:57:50 PST 2005

Not all digital cameras are mountable. The ones that are are typically
vfat. The device file used may be somewhat unpredictable. The noauto
option means "Do not try to mount on boot." You probably also want the
"user" option which allows non-root users to mount.

Before you try using "dpkg -i foo.deb" to install the .deb file, it would
be a good idea to look at what it will install with "dpkg -c foo.deb"
first. If there are no conflicts with anything currently installed, you
can try installing the package, but if something goes wrong, you'll want
to "dpkg --purge foo" to prevent an inconsistent package database.

On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 20:43:11 -0800, John Andrews wrote:

> I'm trying to get a handle on editing the fstab even though it seems rather "easy". I finally got it to read a new usb stick using dev /sda1, media as the mount point and vfat as the file type. and the rest similar to the other entrys.What would be the dev type of a digital camera? What file type? and other entries noauto and etc..
>     How do I get a Netzero.deb file to install ? I transfered it from the usb stick okay but then it was a read only file or not a directory and i couldn't install it. I tried as root. dpgk install netzero.deb but it didn't work. Thanks in advance.<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
> <HTML><HEAD>
> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR>
> <STYLE></STYLE>
> </HEAD>
> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff>
> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm trying to get a handle on editing the fstab 
> even though it seems rather "easy". I finally got it to read a new usb stick 
> using dev /sda1, media as the mount point and vfat as the file type. and the 
> rest similar to the other entrys.What would be the dev type of a digital camera? 
> What file type? and other entries noauto and etc..</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    How do I get a Netzero.deb file 
> to install ? I transfered it from the usb stick okay but then it was a read only 
> file or not a directory and i couldn't install it. I tried as root. dpgk install 
> netzero.deb but it didn't work. Thanks in advance.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>