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Re: where would i configure an external HD to be automounted?



On Thu, 24 Sep 2009, Robert P. J. Day wrote:

>   more specifically, on an old lenny system, when an external maxtor
> (1-touch) HD was plugged in via USB, it was *apparently* mounted
> automatically under /mnt/maxtor, for the purposes of backups later
> in the evening.
>
>   i have a full backup of /etc from that old system, and i'm trying
> to figure out where that would have been configured so i can add it
> to the new system.  i've checked things related to autofs but i
> don't see it.  hint?  i'm sure it's obvious, i just haven't found it
> yet.

  and to preempt the obvious question, "lsusb" does show that the hard
drive is connected.  it's just the automount/autofs i need to
activate so that it's mounted when it's plugged in.

rday

p.s.  i'm *assuming* that some sort of auto-mounting was happening
there, since there's nothing in the backup script that involves a
manual mount of that drive.

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