Once I learned how to mount a drive from the command line, it occurred to me that I could make the process much faster by saving my commands in simple one line scripts which could be launched from any convenient location.
Attached is a set of scripts for the drives I normally might have attached to my computer: hard drive (sda1) sd-card (mmcblk0p1), usb drive (sdb1-3, sdc1)
Note: other forum members have added more sophisticated scripts to the thread below. In particular @wizard scripts are being updated in post #2.
How to use my simple scripts:
Method 1:
-unzip the attached script folder mntscripts and place them in your /mnt directory.
-attach a desired drive to your system and check to see if it is labeled either sda1,sdb1,sdb2,sdb3,sdc1, or mmcblk0p1, which can be observed using the desktop drive icons, if enabled, or by checking the dev/ directory where connected drives will be listed amongst a plethora of other devices.
-in /mnt click on the desired mounting script,
e.g. to mount sdb1, click the mntsdb1 script. Wait a brief second, and since you are already located in mnt, check the mnt/sdb1 directory to see if your files are there.
-to unmount, simply click the unmount script for the appropriate drive
e.g. to unmount sdb1 click the umntsdb1 script.
The advantage here is that once placed in the /mnt directory, they can be accessed from any file manager. They can be placed anywhere, linked from anywhere in the system, and also added to /root/my-applications/bin, so that one can simply type a command mntsdb1 from a terminal if desired.
Make sure they are executable on your system, I believe they should extract as executable, but it might be necessary to check.
In subsequent posts I will detail using symlinks to access the scripts for those who are less familiar with the process.
note: I have included the script called MOUNT_drv which will bring up the pmount gui but not launch a ROX window after mounting a drive. I would give credit to the author, but I don't know who wrote it!