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  • The devices I need to mount are hot-swappable. They are not available at boot time, so unfortunately /etc/fstab will not solve the problem. I modified the original post to clarify. I will look into pmount.
    – Phanto
    Commented Dec 22, 2010 at 12:11
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    Devices don't need to be available at boot time to be present in /etc/fstab, you can use the option noauto. Commented Dec 22, 2010 at 12:15
  • I'll need to try this out. However, what happens if I have a device that is formatted as FAT? If I plug that device in, it will automatically be detected as, say, /dev/sda1. Would it then try to mount it as NTFS? Would that cause an error?
    – Phanto
    Commented Dec 22, 2010 at 12:48
  • Well, don't use device ID's in /etc/fstab if that is a probem -- mount the drives/partitions using a label instead. The system is free to change the ID's whenever you reboot if it wants to (scan order has changed for instance). Using labels means that even if what was /dev/sdx is now /dev/sdy, it will still mount normally using the label. For example, the entry might look like this: LABEL=foobar /mnt/foobar ntfs noauto 0 0 Commented Dec 22, 2010 at 12:51
  • Unfortunately, you cannot use the user flag. A mount error pop appears with permission errors. I looked at the NTFS-3g site, and their solution doesn't work. tuxera.com/community/ntfs-3g-faq/#useroption2.
    – Phanto
    Commented Dec 22, 2010 at 14:00