View source for How to let various devices like usb and cds to automount themself in linux and unix

== Quick guide ==
[[mount command|Automounting]] devices like [[USB drive]]s and [[CD]]s.

If you want to have automount fast, the best should be to install '''[[submount]]''', as it works well and you don't require to patch your kernel like with [[supermount]].

If you are more like a hacker, you could install '''ivman''', which is more powerful, and allows you to configure various tasks to be done when events happens in your computer.

Older solutions like [[automount]] and magicdev can also be used, but they all have some limitations.


== Software ==
=== Supermount ===
Requires a patch to the [[Linux kernel]]. It is a good solution, but only if you want to [[patch]] your kernel.

*[http://supermount-ng.sourceforge.net/ supermount-ng] - supermount new generation
*[http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Supermount HOWTO_Supermount] - Gentoo wiki
*(fr)[http://guide.andesi.org/html/ksupermount.html supermount help]

=== Submount ===
Submount is a [[kernel module]], so you can install it with virtually any 2.6 kernel (even 2.4). It is similar to supermount, it will mount your devices and unmount automatically.

*[http://submount.sourceforge.net/ submount]
*[http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Submount HOWTO_Submount] - Gentoo wiki

=== Ivman ===
More advanced, it can be set to run a command when a particular event hapends in the system. Usually used to auto-mount devices, it can now be used to run any command when the laptop shuts down, when you insert a particular cd, etc...

*[http://ivman.sourceforge.net/ ivman]
*[http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_ivman HOWTO_ivman] - Gentoo wiki


=== Automount ===
[[Automount]] don't mount your folders unless they are used, so ls wil not work unless you do first a cd. You cannot use paterns for this files like ls /home/e*. pwd return a random path. After 10 minutes, the directories are unmounted, so you might have problems fo write/read files.

*[ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/daemons/autofs/ autofs] - on the linux kernel ftp
* (en) [http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-mini/Automount.html automount - minihowto]
* (fr) [http://www.linuxplusvalue.be/mylpv.php?id=168 automount, pourquoi?]

=== [[Magicdev]] ===
A [[GNOME]] daemon for automatically mounting/playing CDs '''(not developped any more - outdated)'''

*[http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/bchafy/magicdev.html magicdev]

=== Related ===
*[http://auto-autofs.sourceforge.net/ auto-autofs]


== External links ==
* (en) [http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Auto_mount_filesystems_(AUTOFS) HOWTO Auto mount filesystems (AUTOFS)] - Gentoo wiki<div id="wikia-credits">

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