On Sun, 2004-09-19 at 04:21, CB wrote: > I'm trying to automount a USB/firewire drive. > > My /etc/auto.master contains: > /test /etc/auto.test > > And my /etc/auto.test contains: > test1 -fstype=ext3 :/dev/sda1 > > >From my HOWTO reading, I assume automount should now create /test/test1, > within which should be the contents of /dev/sda1. But when I plug in the > HD, although ls / does show the /test directory, /test itself is empty. > > Running /sbin/service autofs status gives me: > > Configured Mount Points: > ------------------------ > /usr/sbin/automount --timeout=60 /test file /etc/auto.test > > Active Mount Points: > -------------------- > /usr/sbin/automount --timeout=60 /test file /etc/auto.test > > > I can mount /dev/sda1 manually (using mount -t ext3 etc) with no > problems, but the automount doesn't seem to do anything. > > Any suggestions? Interesting, for kicks what happens if you add an entry to fstab with the modules loaded and than do a mount -a ? Ted > > > > > >
