Removable media

Mounting removable media, like CDs, DVDs, USB drives or memory cards, needs special handling, because most often you want a regular user to be able to mount ad-hoc an unknown device.

Prerequisites

 * Kernel support for your storage device.
 * Kernel support for your filesystem.

Groups
See https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Udisks#Groups

MTP
For media using the MTP (Media Transfer Protocol) protocol see the MTP article.

USB mass storage device
For USB mass storage devices see the USB article

udisks
udisks is a daemon to manage mounting of removable media. It mounts filesystems to subfolders of.

KDE
KDE supports udisks with its Solid framework. After plugging in the media shows up:
 * in the device notifier widget
 * in the start menu under Computer -> Places
 * in Dolphin in the sidebar under Places