Re: auto-mounting disks that might not be present (e.g. usb drives)
Il giorno mer, 03/02/2010 alle 16.35 +0000, Camaleón ha scritto:
> On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:04:26 +1030, Arthur Marsh wrote:
>
> > Camaleón wrote, on 03/02/10 21:52:
>
> >> You should not list your devices in fstab if you want to make use of
> >> your DE hotplug capabilities.
> >>
> > As I just posted in another message in this thread, I'd like the USB
> > flash drive to be automatically mounted after fsck if the drive is
> > present at boot-up and automatically mounted without fsck if plugged in
> > after the machine is booted.
>
> As said, if you list the USB device in fstab, the system will try to
> mount it on every boot, whether is plugged or not.
>
> > I would also like the machine to boot fully if it is started without the
> > USB flash drive present.
>
> That should not happen at all (if the disk is not present it should log a
> warn, but the system should keep loading). It can be a bug.
>
> > Any takers for suggestions?
>
> Greetings,
>
> --
> Camaleón
>
>
Maybe OT: what about executing a sh command on specific usb drive
mounts, on gnome and kde? As of as i recall from the debian wiki that's
not explained. Maybe in gentoo docs, i'll see.
Thanks for any hints.
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