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basically i created this script because i needed a tool to mount my removable media
i'm not using rox to render icons on my desktop so the only thing i have is pmount or the manual mount command
i'm not sure if i'm the only person with this problem but pmount would misbehave like 7/10 times so today i got ambitious and thought about creating my own tool for the job

introducing PPY-Mount (puppy mount tool)

v0.04


it depends on python, yaf-splash and probedisk2, probepart (probedisk, yaf-splash and probepart are installed by default)
the default file manager used is thunar but you can easily change that to rox @ line 143 and 129

it's not perfect but it never failed me so far

extract in /usr/bin/

feedback highly appreciated

v0.05
- fixed the no-fs error, which crashed the program if any of the devices did not have a valid file system

v0.04
- improved gui
- added refresh / quit buttons
- the usb drives are now placed in the first tab since that's usually the point of interest
- the optical drive won't be displayed if the cdrom drive does not contain a cd in it (provided you have sr0 as your ONLY cdrom drive, i don't know how it behaves if you have multiple optical drives)
- code rewritten, it's much easier to understand now (if anybody wants to take a look to try to improve it or just to check it out )

v0.03
- new gui
- added tab design
- added cd-rom support
- most of the code rewritten to fit the new design

v0.02
- using probepart instead of mut since mut would not recognise ext4 (the mut option is still available)
- improved mount command, since the file systems are recognised now (the old option is still available)
- friendlier gui

v0.01
- the initial release
- perfect mount ability
- poor gui

Downloading now. Will try and post back.

Pmount has been working ok for me, however this script works well for me too. Sucessfully mounts thumb drives and partitions and unmounts them as well.

new version available!

version 0.03 available

Just a thought, entirely up to you whether you want this or not, but there is some tools called "blkid" and "blkid-name-generator" which can be used to get the volume label as well... Here is a screenshot of how I use it in Puplite:

interesting, do you happen to know if blkid can also output the size of the device?

scanning my /dev/sda drive (9 partition)
probepart executes in 0.319 s
blkid executes in 0.109 s

but partprobe return the partition sizes as well
but if blkid executes faster (including the partition size) i'd be more than happy to use it

alexandrion wrote:interesting, do you happen to know if blkid can also output the size of the device?

As far as I know, no it cant.. However, post goingnuts a message, he will know more about it...

sc0ttman wrote:

alexandrion wrote:interesting, do you happen to know if blkid can also output the size of the device?

As far as I know, no it cant.. However, post goingnuts a message, he will know more about it...

i checked on the internet and i couldn't find any way to display size
howver, probepart acts beautifully


p.s. new release available

v0.05 available
it no longer crashes if you insert a unformatted drive

Pmount unserviceable on my Puppy Slacko 5.3.3. ppy-mount does the job. Merci .
For Linux people :
sh-4.1# pmount
/usr/sbin/pmount: line 862: 7796 Terminated yaf-splash -bg orange -fg black -close never -fontsize large -text "$m_02"
/usr/sbin/pmount: line 863: 8407 Aborted /tmp/gtkdialog_pmount --file=/tmp/pmountdlg.txt_${MYPID} -G +"$X"+"$Y" > /tmp/pmountdlg_${MYPID} 2> /tmp/pmounterr
sh-4.1# ppy-mount
EXIT="Exit on timeout"