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Re: USB hotplug woes



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Vandoorn, Yvo wrote:
> I should've mentioned that there is no gui. Actually these are headless
> servers, which is the need for scripts.
> 
> The goal is that if someone where to stick in an USB flash drive, the OS
> would launch the necessary script do its thing and then take out the USB key
> 5 minutes later. The script basically initializes the network, runs apt-get
> and programs the cron. It works great in the lab, however the flash drive we
> used is no longer produced making it a pain for wide spread production.
> Further more I tried the 2.6 kernel and the machine just went nuts only
> because the SATA drives are suddenly seen as SCSI. Yes it is fixable but I'd
> rather not customize it too far off the beaten path.

udev might be able to do this.  Of course, that means having to
upgrade to 2.6.

Also there was a long "autorun" thread on this list earlier this
month.  Maybe that would help.

- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

Is "common sense" really valid?
For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that
whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins
are mud people.
However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong.
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