[Wolves] Running linux apps off a USB HDD

[Stuart Langridge]

Paul Harrison wrote:
> Peter Oliver wrote:
> 
> | Type "mount".  This will tell you what options were used when the
> | filesystem was mounted.  If "noexec" is mentioned it means that
> | executing files on this filesystem is forbidden.
> 
> It was & is "noexec", I'm afraid.
> 
> I've tried putting the following into /etc/fstab:
> 
> /dev/sda1    /media/sda1    vfat    noauto,users,umask=000 0 0

I *think* (and someone will correct me here) that vfat filesystems are 
*always* noexec, because vfat doesn't support permissions. (That's why 
MS created NTFS.) So if your file is stored on a vfat partition (like 
removable media often is) then you'll have to run things on it with the 
"sh /media/sda1/wherever/whatever.sh" approach.

Aq.