Re: where would i configure an external HD to be automounted?
On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 12:12:03PM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> i know udev is a better solution *today*, but i'm trying to strictly
> reproduce what the old system was using, and it wasn't mounting that
> HD via udev, it was doing it via autofs. so the question remains --
> does it make sense to not have a real /mnt directory? i have no idea
> where it went, but i'm quite sure a normal debian install would create
> one, no?
autofs might be useful for you. The way it works is, you plug in the
disk, and access the mount point. When you try to access the mount
point, it checks for the disk and mounts it. Also, after a time you
specify (say one minute, for example), for which the disk is not
accessed, it is automatically unmounted. So, you can safely plug it
out.
There are too many tutorials and documents to mention, so just
search, and you'll find plenty of direcitons.
HTH.
Kumar
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