How to mount USB drive at boot time

[Bill Davidsen]

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.

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