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.

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