On 02/18/09 at 02:31pm, Denis Alessandro Altoe Falqueto wrote: > On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 2:22 PM, Sergey Manucharian <sergeym@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Wed, 18 Feb 2009 11:03:08 +0100 > > <hollunder@xxxxxx> wrote: > > > > .......... > > > >> An external drive can be rather reliably identified and always mounted > >> at the same place using udev. > >> > >> This is somewhat problematic on arch linux tough. > >> For some reason the devices seem not to be created before > >> mount runs although udev runs before it. > >> This means that external drives do not get mounted along with all the > >> other drives specified in fstab. > >> > >> I personally wonder what the problem is since this method has worked > >> on other distributions. > >> > >> My workaround is simply another 'mount -a' in rc.local, at this point > >> in boottime the devices are created. > >> > >> Still this doesn't work reliably with one of my drives but this is a > >> separate problem (slowness). > >> > >> Philipp > >> > > > > Folks, you are discussing how to deal with "noob questions" etc., but > > nobody paid attention to the more "deep" meaning of the initial > > question arisen by Philipp. > > > > I confirm the problem. So, how to mount an external HDD during the > > system start-up? > > > > Cheers, > > Sergey > > > > > > > If it is always connected, I would put a line on /etc/fstab so it is > mounted as any other ordinary partition. > agreed; just to mention, make sure your options prevent automounting or fsck'ing else it would hang at boot if the drive's not present. > If it is not always connected, I would make a script and put it in > /etc/rc.d. The script would be responsible to look if the disk is > attached and mount it. It would be good to use some udev rules to make > a fixed symlink for the disk, so the script has a fixed target to > find. > this can be entirely handled with udev. there's a sample rule in the udev wiki that will dynamically mkdir a mountpoint and mount it as /media/sdX then lazily umount and rm the mountpoint if the drive is unplugged. i used a tweaked version of this for a while, it worked well. pat, aka brisbin33 > -- > ------------------------------------------- > Denis A. Altoe Falqueto > ------------------------------------------- > Emo Philips - "I was the kid next door's imaginary friend." --- end quoted text --- -- patrick brisbin
