On Thu, 2007-07-26 at 17:36 -0400, Bill Davidsen wrote: > Jonathan Ryshpan wrote: > > I have a USB drive that is usually, though not always, connected to my > > desktop system. > > > > > > If it is connected to the system at boot time, the device path should be > > created and the drive should be mounted immediately, i.e. BEFORE any > > user logs in. > > > > If it is not connected at boot time, there should be no serious problem. > > > > If the drive is connected to a running system (on which it had not been > > previously connected), the device path should be created, and it should > > be mounted by root. > > > > Root should be able to unmount the drive, when it is mounted. > > > > > > I assume this should be done by either udev or hal -- HOW? > > > You may be able to do this just by putting the entry in /etc/fstab, > using the UUID of the filesystem to eliminate any dependency on device > name. I /think/ the hotplug will check, I can't easily go thru it myself > at this moment. I don't think so. Here's my /etc/fstab: LABEL=/ / ext3 defaults 1 1 ... UUID=9dd976ce-a988-42a2-857d-06c3079675e7 /media/usb-disk ext3 defaults 1 2 During boot I see these messages: Mounting local filesystems [FAILED] ... Mounting other filesystems: mountpoint /media/usb-disk does not exist. And, in fact, the drive is not mounted. BTW: Why is this so hard? Am I the only person who wants to do it? BTW: I thought that the messages that appear on the monitor during boot were saved in /var/log/messages . Apparently not. Are they saved anywhere? Thanks - jon
