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From: Arthur Marsh on 3 Feb 2010 07:50 Camaleón wrote, on 03/02/10 21:52: > On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:30:47 -0500, Frank McCormick wrote: > >>> Camaleón wrote: >> >>>> Mmm... I think "LABEL" would take precedence over another mount option >> <<(UUID, ID or PATH) so if you "tag" your media device with a LABEL, it >>>> should be mounted when plugged under "/media/mylabel". >> Well Label didn't work in my case either - I gave the USB drive a >> label >> of Music...then changed fstab to the LABEL=Music from /dev/sda1 >> >> The drive did not get mounted and I had to go back to /dev/sda1 >> >> But as long as /dev/sda1 is used, there is no fsck of the drive. > > You should not list your devices in fstab if you want to make use of your > DE hotplug capabilities. > > Greetings, > As I just posted in another message in this thread, I'd like the USB flash drive to be automatically mounted after fsck if the drive is present at boot-up and automatically mounted without fsck if plugged in after the machine is booted. I would also like the machine to boot fully if it is started without the USB flash drive present. Any takers for suggestions? Arthur. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org
From: Camaleón on 3 Feb 2010 11:40 On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:04:26 +1030, Arthur Marsh wrote: > Camaleón wrote, on 03/02/10 21:52: >> You should not list your devices in fstab if you want to make use of >> your DE hotplug capabilities. >> > As I just posted in another message in this thread, I'd like the USB > flash drive to be automatically mounted after fsck if the drive is > present at boot-up and automatically mounted without fsck if plugged in > after the machine is booted. As said, if you list the USB device in fstab, the system will try to mount it on every boot, whether is plugged or not. > I would also like the machine to boot fully if it is started without the > USB flash drive present. That should not happen at all (if the disk is not present it should log a warn, but the system should keep loading). It can be a bug. > Any takers for suggestions? Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org
From: Pier Paolo on 3 Feb 2010 12:40 Il giorno mer, 03/02/2010 alle 16.35 +0000, Camaleón ha scritto: > On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:04:26 +1030, Arthur Marsh wrote: > > > Camaleón wrote, on 03/02/10 21:52: > > >> You should not list your devices in fstab if you want to make use of > >> your DE hotplug capabilities. > >> > > As I just posted in another message in this thread, I'd like the USB > > flash drive to be automatically mounted after fsck if the drive is > > present at boot-up and automatically mounted without fsck if plugged in > > after the machine is booted. > > As said, if you list the USB device in fstab, the system will try to > mount it on every boot, whether is plugged or not. > > > I would also like the machine to boot fully if it is started without the > > USB flash drive present. > > That should not happen at all (if the disk is not present it should log a > warn, but the system should keep loading). It can be a bug. > > > Any takers for suggestions? > > Greetings, > > -- > Camaleón > > Maybe OT: what about executing a sh command on specific usb drive mounts, on gnome and kde? As of as i recall from the debian wiki that's not explained. Maybe in gentoo docs, i'll see. Thanks for any hints. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org
From: Arthur Marsh on 4 Feb 2010 08:40 Pier Paolo wrote, on 04/02/10 04:07: > Il giorno mer, 03/02/2010 alle 16.35 +0000, Camaleón ha scritto: >> On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:04:26 +1030, Arthur Marsh wrote: >> >>> Camaleón wrote, on 03/02/10 21:52: >>>> You should not list your devices in fstab if you want to make use of >>>> your DE hotplug capabilities. >>>> >>> As I just posted in another message in this thread, I'd like the USB >>> flash drive to be automatically mounted after fsck if the drive is >>> present at boot-up and automatically mounted without fsck if plugged in >>> after the machine is booted. >> As said, if you list the USB device in fstab, the system will try to >> mount it on every boot, whether is plugged or not. >> >>> I would also like the machine to boot fully if it is started without the >>> USB flash drive present. >> That should not happen at all (if the disk is not present it should log a >> warn, but the system should keep loading). It can be a bug. >> >>> Any takers for suggestions? >> Greetings, >> >> -- >> Camaleón >> >> > > Maybe OT: what about executing a sh command on specific usb drive > mounts, on gnome and kde? As of as i recall from the debian wiki that's > not explained. Maybe in gentoo docs, i'll see. > > Thanks for any hints. Do you mean rather than using an /etc/fstab entry or a package like usbmount, have a udev rule that on detection of the USB device, either does an fsck and mount (at machine boot time) or just a mount of the device (if the device appears after machine boot time)? Arthur. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org
From: Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. on 4 Feb 2010 09:20
In <5quq37-nql.ln1(a)ppp121-45-136-118.lns11.adl6.internode.on.net>, Arthur Marsh wrote: >Camaleón wrote, on 04/02/10 03:05: >> On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:04:26 +1030, Arthur Marsh wrote: >>> Camaleón wrote, on 03/02/10 21:52: >>>> You should not list your devices in fstab if you want to make use of >>>> your DE hotplug capabilities. >>> >>> As I just posted in another message in this thread, I'd like the USB >>> flash drive to be automatically mounted after fsck if the drive is >>> present at boot-up and automatically mounted without fsck if plugged in >>> after the machine is booted. >> >> As said, if you list the USB device in fstab, the system will try to >> mount it on every boot, whether is plugged or not. >> >>> I would also like the machine to boot fully if it is started without the >>> USB flash drive present. >> >> That should not happen at all (if the disk is not present it should log a >> warn, but the system should keep loading). It can be a bug. > >The response I received to >http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=568200 suggest that the >responder thinks that running fsck on a non-existent device is the >proper behaviour /-:. I tend to agree. /etc/fstab is for static file systems, where "static" means "always present in always the same location". I don't want any of my file systems in /etc/fstab to simply be "skipped" because their device isn't present -- I want a *LOUD* warning. Exceptions -- file systems I don't want checked get a passno of 0; file systems I don't want mounted get noauto flag. IMHO, you are using /etc/fstab wrong and you'd better suited to using some other method of fscking and mounting. Udev can run a command as soon as the device node is available, but be aware that udev blocks until the command is complete. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. bss(a)iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/ \_/ |