# 6.2. How do I mount/unmount a device from the desktop?

There are two steps involved:

Make sure you are allowed to mount/unmount the device

Normally, only root is allowed to mount/unmount devices. If you are not running KDE as root (and this is generally considered a bad idea :), you must set the right for users to mount a device in `/etc/fstab`. This means to add the option `user` to the options of the file system you want to mount.

For example, to mount the floppy, your `/etc/fstab` should include

     /dev/fd0   /floppy   msdos   noauto,user,sync 0 0

Create a kdelnk file for the filesystem

An example for a device kdelnk file is:

     # KDE Config File
     [KDE Desktop Entry]
     UnmountIcon=3floppy_unmount.xpm
     MountPoint=/floppy
     Icon=3floppy_mount.xpm
     Dev=/dev/fd0
     ReadOnly=0
     FSType=default
     Type=FSDevice
     Comment=Floppy Disc