On Sun, 2004-09-19 at 20:24, Ted Kaczmarek wrote: > 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 Is it significant that my /etc/auto.test file refers to ext3, but the reported error from automount mentions ext2? Is there something wrong with this line in my auto.test?: test1 -fstype=ext3 :/dev/sda1
