On Fri, Mar 19, 2004 at 04:22:16PM +0100, Marc Dobler wrote:
> does it mean that the loading priority depends on the list in /etc/fstab ?
> if so, when i already have a HD on /dev/sda, the zip will come on /dev/sdb4 ?
> or should i invert the order of loading in fstab ( first zip and then HD ) ?
No, fstab is used by userland (mount, etc), not the kernel.
Try this: (there's probably a better way, but as long as it works...)
1. Add to the end of /etc/hotplug/scsi.agent the following two lines:
/sbin/findziphdd &
exit 0
2. create the file /sbin/findziphdd by c&p the following lines in a console,
as root:
cat <<"EOF" > /sbin/findziphdd
#! /bin/sh
exec 2> /dev/null
function readable {
: < /dev/$1
}
PEN=
ZIP=
HDD=
for dev in sda sdb sdc sdd sde sdf
do
readable ${dev} || break
if readable ${dev}1 && readable ${dev}2
then
HDD=${dev}
elif readable ${dev}1
then
PEN=${dev}1
elif readable ${dev}4
then
ZIP=${dev}4
fi
done
[ "$ZIP" ] && ln -fs $ZIP /dev/zip || rm -f /dev/zip
[ "$PEN" ] && ln -fs $PEN /dev/pen || rm -f /dev/pen
rm -f /dev/usbdisc*
if [ "$HDD" ]
then
readable ${HDD}1 && ln -fs ${HDD}1 /dev/usbdisc1
readable ${HDD}2 && ln -fs ${HDD}2 /dev/usbdisc2
readable ${HDD}3 && ln -fs ${HDD}3 /dev/usbdisc3
readable ${HDD}4 && ln -fs ${HDD}4 /dev/usbdisc4
for ((i=5; ; i++))
do
readable ${HDD}${i} || break
ln -fs ${HDD}${i} /dev/usbdisc$i
done
fi
exit 0
EOF
3. turn it executable
chmod +x /sbin/findziphdd
4. change fstab entry for the usb disc, zip (and optionally a pen) to use
the following paths as device:
- usb disc: /dev/usbdisc1 .. /dev/usbdisc10 (the last partition on disc)
- zip: /dev/zip
- pen: /dev/pen
5. Try it out :)
Regards,
Luciano Rocha
