[ltp] Distributions

Buchan Milne linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sat, 7 Dec 2002 21:11:12 +0200 (SAST)


On Sat, 7 Dec 2002, Charles E Taylor IV wrote:

> On Sat, 7 Dec 2002 11:45:39 +0200 (SAST)
> Buchan Milne <bgmilne@cae.co.za> wrote:
>
> > There are some features in Mandrake 9.0 (such as removeable storage
> > support) that no other distros have AFAIK (including Mandrake 8.2).
>
> Out of curiousity, what sort of "removeable storage support" do you mean?
>
>

The "plug in the USB disk-on-key-thingy and have it mounted under
/mnt/removable, with an icon on the desktop before you even have the
change to run dmesg" kind.

Apparently also works for usb-storage-based cameras, but I have only seen
the disk-on-key thingy working myself (on my 600X).

Buchan

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