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usb_lib README
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**PLEASE SEE "Can teachers display their own content?" WITHIN http://FAQ.IIAB.IO FOR UP-TO-DATE DOCUMENTATION.**
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This role implements functionality similar to LibraryBox, to mount "teacher content" from USB drives.
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Users should have nearly immediate access to this "teacher content" (on all inserted USB drives) by browsing to http://box/usb
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Automount is handled by usbmount, and scripts in this role look in the root of the mounted drive for...
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* /usb
* /USB
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* /share
* /Share
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* /Piratebox/Share
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...and if found, creates a symlink of the form /library/www/html/local_content/USBn pointing to /media/usbn.
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USB drives must be formatted with one of the filesystems listed under "FILESYSTEMS=" at /etc/usbmount/usbmount.conf
Official `usbmount <https://github.com/hfuchs/usbmount>`_ documentation, from 2010:
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* https://github.com/hfuchs/usbmount/blob/master/README
* https://github.com/hfuchs/usbmount/blob/master/usbmount.conf
As of March 2021, better Kolibri integration/support is being investigated: `#2713 <https://github.com/iiab/iiab/issues/2713>`_
Legacy: There is also a patch for problems with automount on Fedora 21+.
Please Note that as of 4.1.8-200.fc22.x86_64 not all USB drives will mount, even with this patch.