Mounting jumpdrives on RedHat Linux

Login as "su" super user on your linux machine and add the line below that helps you mount the jump drive on boot up.  Addd the line in bold below.

my  -  /etc/fstab  file


LABEL=/                 /                       ext3    defaults        1 1
none                    /dev/pts                devpts  gid=5,mode=620  0 0
LABEL=/home             /home                   ext3    defaults        1 2
none                    /proc                   proc    defaults        0 0
none                    /dev/shm                tmpfs   defaults        0 0
/dev/hda7               swap                    swap    defaults        0 0
/dev/fd0                /mnt/floppy             auto    noauto,owner,kudzu 0 0
/dev/sda1               /mnt/jumpdrive          auto user,noauto,unmask=000 0 0
/dev/hda8               /mnt/ddrive             vfat    auto,umask=0 0 0
/dev/hda9               /mnt/edrive             vfat    auto,umask=0 0 0
/dev/hda10              /mnt/fdrive             vfat    auto,umask=0 0 0
 
/dev/cdrom              /mnt/cdrom              udf,iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0

Additionally if you just want to mount a jumpdrive for a one time use, you can just use the "mount" command.

#
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/jumpdrive

If the folder /dev/sda1 does not exist create it.

Gold Prices to remain stable ? China is buying gold.

US tops based on Gold held by Govt.   China is also buying gold to diversify its reserves. See new article on this story here. This is good for the overall Gold market as prices could remain stable for more time. People are slowly moving out or diversifying out of the dollar ?

To see a listing of countries based on Gold held - http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=2086287

PM Manmohan Singh : Iron Fist in Velvet Glove

PM Manmohan Singh : Iron Fist in Velvet Glove : A nice articel about the PM in rediff.com. I agree that this is one of the better Prime Ministers we have had. The achievement of this man starts right from 1990 with economic reforms. Kudos to Congress President Sonia to choose him as PM instead of herself !

Some excerpts from the article

Even on the nuclear agreement he was willing to let the Left Front take credit for securing a final agreement that was in the nation's interests! This was a compromise formula communicated to the prime minister by a senior Left leader. When the final 123 agreement between India and the United States was made a public document, one view within the Left Front was that they should take credit by claiming that they had helped secure a better outcome than what the prime minister was capable of securing from the Americans.

Clearly, Singh was willing to stoop to conquer. But when this compromise formula was rejected by the hardliners in the Left, Singh had no option but to show the iron fist in his velvet glove. Never under-estimate the determination of a self-made man!

More often than not Singh would get his way through patient consultation.

But apart from this formal consultation, he would be on the phone with UPA leaders like M Karunanidhi [Images], Sharad Pawar [Images] and Lalu Prasad and keep them informed on every major decision, and get their concurrence before acting. His is a classic cabinet style of functioning. On major policy issues he would keep even the Left in the loop. ...............The downside of such a consultative process is, of course, that decision-making takes time and tough decisions don't always get taken. But that is the price we pay for having diverse coalitions. There is a paradox in the liberal angst about politics and policy in India. On the one hand we celebrate coalitions as a mirror of our diversity; on the other hand we want 'tough' leaders who will impose their will.

 

Full article
http://election.rediff.com/column/2009/may/03/guest-pm-symbolises-iron-fist-in-velvet-glove.htm