2010/2/4 Mogens Kjaer <mk@xxxxxx>:
> On 02/04/2010 02:15 PM, Mogens Kjaer wrote:
> ...
>> How do I mount /dev/sdb1 automatically at boot?
>
> It turns out to be some sort of race condition:
>
> If I modify /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit:
>
> ...
> STRING=$"Checking filesystems"
> echo $STRING
> sleep 2
> echo ls 1
> ls -l /dev/sdb*
> sleep 1
> echo ls 2
> ls -l /dev/sdb*
> sleep 1
> echo ls 3
> ls -l /dev/sdb*
> sleep 1
> echo ls 4
> ls -l /dev/sdb*
>
> then I get the following on startup:
>
> Checking filesystems
> ls 1
> ls: /dev/sdb*: No such file or directory
> ls 2
> ls: /dev/sdb*: No such file or directory
> ls 3
> brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 16 Feb 4 14:28 /dev/sdb
> brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 17 Feb 4 14:28 /dev/sdb1
> ls 4
> brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 16 Feb 4 14:28 /dev/sdb
> brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 17 Feb 4 14:28 /dev/sdb1
>
> Then the machine boots normally.
>
> I'll add a sleep loop to rc.sysinit that waits until /dev/sdb1 is
> available, unless someone has a better suggestion?
how about mounting that drive on rc.local ?
--
Eero
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