Re: How can I mount a USB harddrive to Debian4.0r0/NSLU2
factin wrote:
> I did those.
>
> fdisk /dev/sdb the USB hdd into 2 partitions,
> mke2fs -j /dev/sdb1 to format the 2nd partition of HDD into ext3
> mke2fs -j /dev/sdb2 to format the 1st partition of HDD into ext3
> mount -t ext3 /dev/sdb1 /media/usb2 to mount the 2nd partition of HDD
> mount -t ext3 /dev/sdb2 /media/usb3 to mount the 1st partition of
> HDD( I name it 1st as it start from the 1st cyclind)
> nano /etc/fstab
> to add the last line manually "/dev/sdb2 /media/usb3 auto
> rw,user,noauto 0 0"
I've copied the list address back in, as someone here might provide
better advice/suggestions than me. (A little strange that sdb1 is the
second partition on the hard disk, and sdb2 is the first but I'll try
and not get confused)
> I don't know if this fstab is OK, sda5 is the second partition of
> flashdrive, used as swap. why the /dev/sda5 use /media/usb1 mount
> point, it is in the same flashdrive as /dev/sda1, and attach to the same
> USB port, should they use the same mount point?
I 'm not sure why /dev/sda5 is mounted at /media/usb1 - but I've got the
same entry on my slug. I wouldn't worry too much about it, as the option
is set to noauto, so it's not going to be mounted there (I would guess
this is used by the debian installer)
> Both ext3 partitions of HDD are already mounted. But the disk 2 LED is
> still off.
Is the USB hard disk plugged into a USB hub and then connected to the
slug? If so, this is why the lights on the LED are not lit the way you
expect.
> While the disk1 LED is always on, the flashdrive is attached there. By
> this instruction, the disk 2 LED should be on. Is there sth wrong?
> http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-nslu2-utils/trunk/debian/README.Debian?op=file
>
> My current fstab is
>
> # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
> proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
> /dev/sda1 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
> /dev/sda5 none swap sw 0 0
> /dev/sda1 /media/usb0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0
> /dev/sda5 /media/usb1 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0
> /dev/sdb1 /media/usb2 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0
> /dev/sdb2 /media/usb3 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0
you've created the two partitions on sdb and are currently mounting them
at /media/usb2 and /media/usb3. I would set the 0 at the end of each
mount line to 1, and also change the options to
defaults,errors=remount-ro which will mount the partitions at startup.
You might also want to think about where to mount the partitions... e.g.
/home tends to be quite popular :-)
Jon
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