Thank you all for your suggestions, Hector On 6 June 2011 22:05, C Anthony Risinger <anthony@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 2:00 PM, C Anthony Risinger <anthony@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 10:26 AM, Javier Vasquez <j.e.vasquez.v@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 7:02 AM, Hector Martinez-Seara <hseara@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> The case is that we use usb external drives for storing data. It is >>>> likely not the most efficient way but is very very cheap. And yes they >>>> are plug 24/7. Anyway I will look for some post booting deamon that >>>> cant take care of them. Any idea anyone where to look for? >>>> Hector >>> >>> Autofs is what I use, you can use the UUIDs to mount specific >>> partitions at your will... >> >> yeah systemd does all this for me now, but before that i used autofs >> *alot* ... not only for this sort of thing but also FUSE stuff like >> sshfs/etc. >> >> it works well, though the config syntax can get a bit daunting. you >> can even use a multi-map to create more autofs mounts on the fly, and >> ultimately have a whole tree of auto-cleaned mounts. >> >> ... eg: >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> /app/tree /port-scm/inst-sync -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ >> /port-scm/root-srv -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ >> /port-scm/root-sync -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ >> /port-scm/user-srv -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ >> /port-scm/user-sync -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ >> /virt-mnt/inst-bin -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ >> /virt-mnt/inst-dev -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ >> /virt-mnt/inst-etc -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ >> /virt-mnt/inst-lib -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ >> /virt-mnt/inst-run -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ >> /virt-mnt/inst-tmp -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ >> /virt-mnt/inst-usr-share -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ >> /virt-mnt/inst-var-cache -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ >> /virt-mnt/inst-var-lib -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ >> /virt-mnt/inst-var-log -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ >> /virt-mnt/inst-var-tmp -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ >> /virt-mnt/root-bin -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ >> /virt-mnt/root-dev -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ >> /virt-mnt/root-etc -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ >> /virt-mnt/root-lib -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ >> /virt-mnt/root-run -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ >> /virt-mnt/root-tmp -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ >> /virt-mnt/root-usr-share -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ >> /virt-mnt/root-var-cache -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ >> /virt-mnt/root-var-lib -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ >> /virt-mnt/root-var-log -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ >> /virt-mnt/root-var-tmp -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ >> /virt-mnt/user-bin -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ >> /virt-mnt/user-dev -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ >> /virt-mnt/user-etc -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ >> /virt-mnt/user-lib -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ >> /virt-mnt/user-run -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ >> /virt-mnt/user-tmp -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ >> /virt-mnt/user-usr-share -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ >> /virt-mnt/user-var-cache -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ >> /virt-mnt/user-var-lib -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ >> /virt-mnt/user-var-log -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ >> /virt-mnt/user-var-tmp -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ >> /virt-srv/core-misc -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ >> /virt-srv/node-misc -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ >> /virt-srv/user-misc -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \ >> /virt-srv/util-misc -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> ... i know thats a lot, but when someone accessed `/app/tree` for the >> first time that whole entire hierarchy would be mounted under it. >> autofs will auto-create/remove intermediate directories. other autofs >> *would* have been defined (all the `:file:/none` stuff) but i ended up >> moving to ayatemd exclusively because it %#$@-ing awesome and can do >> much much *much* more, in a clean and straightforward way. >> >> ... so you could always try installing/using that too :-) > > ERATTA > > ... and by `ayatemd` i of course meant systemd :-) > > curse my resistance to actually type after 15 years of computer > exposure! i can't stand keyboards ... this is the future: > > http://geekhack.org/showwiki.php?title=Island:10077 > > ... except wireless, lightweight, and maybe even non-physical via > Kinect-like technology ;-) > > C Anthony > -- Hector Martínez-Seara Monné mail: hseara@xxxxxxxxx Tel: +34656271145 Tel: +358442709253
