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sdaau
Asked: 2011-03-30 23:03:51 +0800 CST

Is there a Disk mounter indicator?

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Well - just because I cannot find this asked anywhere else on the net - is there something like a "Disk Mounter" applet for Unity interface, or are there any alternatives?

(By 'alternatives' I mean: I wouldn't mind doubleclicking an icon, and have what used to be a toolbar applet start up as a separate window; as long as don't have to grapple with mount command lines, and filesystem arguments and such.)

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    You should try Mounty - an indicator applet you can use to easily mount CD / DVD images (and can also burn them directly from the appindicator).

    You have to add the ppa ppa:tldm217/tahutek.netto your software sources (here's how to do that) and install mounty from the software center.

    Your question actually inspired my post: Indicator Applet To Mount CD / DVD Images: Mounty :)

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  2. disclaimer: I am the author of this indicator

    udisks-indicator

    This indicator has been written originally for a different AskUbuntu question, however it fulfills the requirements of this question as well. Its primary purpose is to display mounted and unmounted partitions, however clicking on the unmounted partitions menu entries mounts the clicked partition. The indicator doesn't unmount a partition, but that can be done via Gnome Disks Utility, which is openable via this indicator.

    By default the user interface shows all menu entries, but via Preferences dialog , users can remove certain fields to make the menu more compact

    Below is the screenshot of user interface: enter image description here

    User interface with all optional fields off:

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    Installation:

    To install from PPA, use the following steps in terminal:

    1. sudo apt-add-repository ppa:udisks-indicator-team/ppa
    2. sudo bash -c 'apt-get update && apt-get install udisks-indicator'

    Version 1.0 source code is available in the linked AskUbuntu question. The latest source code is also available on GitHub. You can use the following script for easy installation from GitHub

    #!/bin/bash

cd /tmp
rm master.zip*
wget https://github.com/SergKolo/udisks-indicator/archive/master.zip
unzip master.zip
install udisks-indicator-master/udisks-indicator /usr/bin/udisks-indicator
install udisks-indicator-master/udisks-indicator.desktop /usr/share/applications/udisks-indicator.desktop
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