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<sect1 id="removable-disks">
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<sect1info>
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<authorgroup>
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<author>
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<firstname>Edward</firstname>
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<surname>Haven</surname>
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<email>edward.haven@gmail.com</email>
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</author>
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</authorgroup>
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</sect1info>
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<title>Removable Disks</title>
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<para>For &tde; to use any device, removable or not, the device must
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first be mounted. When a device is mounted, &tde; gets all the needed
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information about the device: how to read it, how to write information to
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it, and much more.</para>
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<para>The use of a device is controlled by the operating
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system and it is important your operating system has tools for managing
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these devices. &tde; can also auto mount devices, working with
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<acronym>HAL</acronym> (Hardware Abstraction Layer). Your distribution
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should have set up <acronym>HAL</acronym> automatically; if not,
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consult the documentation provided by your distribution.</para>
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<para>There are several ways to find the list of media devices: use
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whichever one suits you best:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>Enter <userinput>media:/</userinput> or
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<userinput>system:/media</userinput> into the &konqueror; location bar.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Navigate to it by clicking on the <guilabel>Services</guilabel>
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tab in &konqueror;'s Navigation Panel, then selecting <guilabel>Storage
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Media</guilabel>.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Select <menuchoice><guimenu>Go</guimenu><guimenuitem>Storage Media</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice> from the &konqueror; menus.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Click the <guilabel>System</guilabel> desktop icon, then from
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the window that appears, click on <guilabel>Storage
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Media</guilabel>.</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>The <guilabel>Storage Media</guilabel> location (also known as
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the media:/ protocol) will show all devices which are recognized by
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&tde;, including the hard drive and &CD; and <acronym>DVD</acronym>
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drives, as well as <acronym>USB</acronym> and Firewire devices,
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provided that your distribution is set up correctly to tell &tde;
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about them.</para>
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<para>You can also setup &tde; to display a device icon
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on the desktop. To start or configure this feature in the &kcontrolcenter; go
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to
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<menuchoice><guilabel>Desktop</guilabel><guilabel>Behavior</guilabel></menuchoice>
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and select the <guilabel>Device Icons</guilabel> Tab. The device icon action
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can be used to show both mounted and unmounted devices, or to only create an
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icon when media is detected and automounted (only if automount is properly
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configured), by not checking the unmounted boxes.</para>
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<sect2 id="automounting">
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<title>Automount</title>
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<para>With &tde; 3.5 and newer, devices can be automounted, meaning one only
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has to insert the removable disk. &tde; will then open an automount prompt
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asking the user <quote>What do you want to do?</quote> with the media. To
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configure the list of options prompted for devices open the &kcontrolcenter; and
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navigate to <menuchoice><guilabel>Peripherals</guilabel><guilabel>Storage
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Media</guilabel></menuchoice>. Here you can add and remove programs from the
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list of devices.</para>
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<para>The automount feature will only work if
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<application>dbus</application>, <application>hal</application> and
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<application>udev</application> are installed and the kernel is properly
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configured. To find out if they are running on your system check the
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<guilabel>Process Table</guilabel> in &ksysguard; for:
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<command>hald</command>, <command>dbus-deamon</command>, and
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<command>udevd</command>. &tde; does not provide any of these
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components. You must check with you distribution.</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<title>Related Information</title>
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<listitem><para><ulink url="http://wiki.kde.org/tiki-index.php?page=DBUS">HOWTO: setting up D-BUS and HAL with TDE's media ioslave
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edit</ulink> (A community maintained HOWTO on the &tde; wiki)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/dbus">The DBus page</ulink></para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/hal"></ulink>HAL - Hardware Abstraction Layer</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="mounting-removable-disks">
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<title>Mounting</title>
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<para>If your system does not automount, &tde; is configured to mount and
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unmount devices which the current user has permission to mount. If a device
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is mounted as the root partition (&ie; <literal>/</literal>), and you log in
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to &tde; as a user, &tde; can not mount or unmount it without being given a
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higher permission. To check a devices mount permission see the
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<filename>/etc/fstab</filename> file.</para>
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<para>To mount and unmount devices manually in &tde; one only has to &RMB;
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click the device icon in media:/ or on the desktop and select
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<guimenuitem>Mount</guimenuitem> or <guimenuitem>Unmount</guimenuitem>, for
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removable devices one can also unmount with <guimenuitem>Safely Remove</guimenuitem>. &tde; still requires the device to be setup in
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/etc/fstab.</para>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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