Re: auto-mounting disks that might not be present (e.g. usb drives)

[Arthur Marsh <arthur.marsh@internode.on.net>]

Frank McCormick wrote, on 03/02/10 16:00:
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> > > >    
> > > > The bottom line: There is no problem even if
> > > > flashdrives/cameras etc are in fstab but not present- you
> > > > simply get the error logged
> > > Well, there is a definite problem in my case (Debian unstable on
> > > i386).
> > >
> > > Error code 1 on fsck gets an error logged, but doesn't stop the
> > > boot process.
> > Definite problem here, too, on my uptodate Sid system, with ext3.
> > My fstab has lines like this:
> >
> > LABEL=software  /media/software ext3
> > defaults,user,exec,noauto       0       0
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> > Camaleón wrote:
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> > > Mmm... I think "LABEL" would take precedence over another mount option 
> <<(UUID, ID or PATH) so if you "tag" your media device with a LABEL, it 
> > > should be mounted when plugged under "/media/mylabel".
>
>   Well Label didn't work in my case either - I gave the USB drive a label
> of Music...then changed fstab to the LABEL=Music from /dev/sda1
>
> The drive did not get mounted and I had to go back to /dev/sda1
>
> But as long as /dev/sda1 is used, there is no fsck of the drive.
>
> Cheers

In my case I have:

UUID=4823-93A9  /mnt/usb8gig        vfat 
defaults,users,uid=65534,gid=65534,umask=000,shortname=win95        0     2

(all on one line)

If I change that trailing "2" to a zero, no fsck should be performed.

I would like to have automatic mounting with fsck if the drive is 
present when the machine is booted, and automatic mounting without fsck 
if the drive is plugged in after the machine is booted.

Is this possible with any of the standard Debian tools and config files, 
or will it require yet-another-script?

Arthur.