On Sun, 2004-09-19 at 06:12, CB wrote: > On Sun, 2004-09-19 at 18:21, CB wrote: > > ... the automount doesn't seem to do anything. > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > > > > > > I've realised now that I misunderstood how automount works. I assumed > that when I plugged in my USB drive, the mount point would appear. Now I > realise that the mount point only appears on demand. So far so good. > > But I have another problem. I can get automount to work for /dev/sda2 (a > vfat partion), but not for /dev/sda1 (ext3). When I try to access the > mountpoint, I get the error message "no such file or directory", and the > following appears in /var/log/messages: > localhost automount[5462]: mount(ext2): /dev/sda1: filesystem needs > repair, won't mount run fsck on it or efsck even. > > If I mount /dev/sda1 manually, all is OK. I've also unmounted it and run > fsck which reported no problems with the partition. > > So, 2 questions: > > 1. what might be causing the above error? > 2. is there a way of getting the mountpoint to appear when I plug the > drive in, rather than on demand? > Ted
