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== Use USB Disks or sticks on Fedora ==
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== Use USB Disks or Sticks on Ubuntu Server ==
Ubuntu Server edition doesn't have the same automount function as the desktop version, so if you want to add the functionality here's how:
Install the usbmount package
{{Code|Code= sudo apt-get install usbmount}}
This will install the daemon and create some empty mount points at /media/usb0-7
If you now plug in a USB drive, it will be automounted in the first empty folder i.e. /media/usb0
If you need to mount an NTFS drive, then you need to edit the config file:
{{Code|Code= sudo nano /etc/usbmount/usbmount.conf}}
<pre>
# Filesystem types: removable storage devices are only mounted if they
# contain a filesystem type which is in this list.
FILESYSTEMS="vfat ext2 ext3 ext4 hfsplus ntfs"
</pre>
Find the 'FILESYSTEMS' entry and add 'ntfs' at the end
If you use USB drives regularly you might want to add a symlink under /var/hda/files for one or more of the mountpoints, for example:
{{Code|Code= ln -s /media/usb0 /var/hda/files/drives/usb}}
