On Fri, 2005-04-08 at 23:38 -0400, Hannuman Bull wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > > >On Fri, 2005-04-08 at 18:57 -0400, Hannuman Bull wrote: > > > > > >>I have an external usb drive that I'm setting up as a backup hd. I've > >>partitioned and formatted the drive as ext3. I can mount the drive > >>manually at the prompt, but I can't seem to get fstab to mount it > >>automatically on boot. > >> > >>I've changed the /etc/fstab options several times without much success. > >>Here is my most recent setting: > >> > >> /dev/sdb1 /backuppc ext3 rw 0 0 > >> > >> > > > >Change "rw" to "rw,auto". > > > >Since this is a USB drive, and it might not be sdb at some point > >in the future, you should think about using udev. Then make a site- > >specific device name that the system will always map to that drive, > >no matter where (sd[a-h]) the kernel decides to assign the drive. > > > > > > > I read up on udev at http://www.reactivated.net/udevrules.php. Using the > examples, I was able to create a /dev/usbhd_sg for my specific external > hd. However, I'm still unable to mount the drive automatically at boot. > I can still only mount manually. I changed the /etc/fstab option to > "rw,auto". > > I haven't found anything new in dmesg on the external drive, but I did > come across the following for my internal SATA hard drive: > > Apr 8 17:49:02 edisto kernel: usbcore: registered new driver usbfs > Apr 8 17:49:02 edisto kernel: usbcore: registered new driver hub > Apr 8 17:49:02 edisto kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... > Apr 8 17:49:02 edisto kernel: usbcore: registered new driver usb-storage > Apr 8 17:49:02 edisto kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered. > Apr 8 17:49:02 edisto kernel: SCSI device sda: 390721968 512-byte hdwr > sectors (200050 MB) > Apr 8 17:49:02 edisto kernel: SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back > Apr 8 17:49:02 edisto kernel: /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: p1 p2 > < p5 p6 p7 > > Apr 8 17:49:02 edisto kernel: Attached scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel > 0, id 0, lun 0 > Apr 8 17:49:02 edisto kernel: kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 > seconds > Apr 8 17:49:02 edisto kernel: EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered > data mode. > Apr 8 17:49:02 edisto kernel: Adding 4096532k swap on /dev/sda5. > Priority:-1 extents:1 > Apr 8 17:49:02 edisto kernel: EXT3 FS on sda6, internal journal > > > The internal drives seems to be recognized as a USB Mass Storage device > as well, and the partitions on that drive are being mounted properly as > ext3. Any suggestions as to why the external USB drive is not doing the > same? Is /dev/usbhd_sg being created during the boot process? If so, then create a script in /etc/init.d that mounts /backuppc on "start" and umounts on "stop". Then make an S99 link in rc2.d and a K01 link in rc6.d. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "I went home with a waitress the way I always do. How was I to know she was with the Russians, too?"
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