Re: FW: Thumbdrive

[Bob McClure Jr <robertmcclure earthlink net>]

On Sat, Nov 01, 2003 at 11:30:56AM -0800, Jared L. Black wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bob McClure Jr [mailto:robertmcclure earthlink net] 
> > Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 7:26 AM
> > To: Jared L. Black
> > Subject: Re: Thumbdrive
> > 
> > On Wed, Oct 29, 2003 at 09:09:43PM -0800, Jared L. Black wrote:
> > > I got your response regarding my question about mounting a thumbdrive.
> > 
> > > Thanks very much.  
> > > 
> > > I still have a question.  While I can mount the thumbdrive as root, I 
> > > have to do the mount as root after each boot (I guess) because the
> > fstab 
> > > file doesn't have the /dev/sda1 line in it.  Should I just edit the 
> > > fstab file by adding the following?
> > > 
> > > /dev/sda1                /mnt/thumbdrive                    auto
> > 
> > > noauto, user,kuduz, rw  0  0
> > 
> > No, for two reasons.
> > 
> > 1. The existence of the kudzu (not kuduz) option indicates that kudzu
> >    (the device detector) made the entry and will remove it when you
> >    remove the thumbdrive.
> > 
> > 2. You could add the entry without "kudzu" and kudzu will leave it
> >    alone, but the device assignment is done dynamically, and if you
> >    plug in other devices, the thumbdrive may get another assignment.
> > 
> > BTW, the line above doesn't make any sense because it has both the
> > auto and noauto options which are in conflict.  "man mount" for more
> > information.
> > 
> > If that is the only thing you plug in, you could put this line into
> > /etc/fstab:
> > 
> > /dev/sda1        /mnt/thumbdrive         auto,user  rw  0 0
> > 
> > Change "auto" to "noauto" if you don't want the thumbdrive mounted at
> > boot time.
> > 
> > 
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > > Jared Black
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > -- 
> > Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
> > robertmcclure earthlink net  http://www.bobcatos.com
> > What if God is asking _us_ for a sign?
> > 
> 
> Some strange things happen when I edit the fstab file.  I insert the
> line as suggested above, but the next time I boot, the mount
> /mnt/thumbdrive doesn't work (except for root as it always has).  When I
> do a "cat /etc/fstab" the added line for the thumbdrive is missing;
> something deletes it.  The original fstab listing is below (with some
> spaces removed to avoid wrapping) and it returns to this form after
> inserting the line for the thumbdrive and rebooting.
> 
> Is there a utility for adding the thumbdrive so that all the modules
> that might be offended by manual editing of the fstab file are
> satisfied?
> 
> LABEL=/             /                ext3    defaults        1 1
> LABEL=/boot         /boot            ext3    defaults        1 2
> none                /dev/pts         devpts  gid=5,mode=620  0 0
> none                /proc            proc    defaults        0 0
> none                /dev/shm         tmpfs   defaults        0 0
> /dev/hda6           swap             swap    defaults        0 0
> /dev/fd0            /mnt/floppy      auto    noauto,owner,kudzu 0 0
> /dev/cdrom          /mnt/cdrom       iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0
> 
> The added line looked like this but gets deleted on reboot:
> 
> /dev/sda1           /mnt/thumbdrive  auto,user rw 0 0
> 
> Thanks for any help
> J Black

Hmm.  I was under the impression that if you left "kudzu" out of the
option list, that kudzu would not mess with it.  I think kudzu is
removing the line.

Unfortunately, I'm out of ideas.  Sorry.

Cheers,
-- 
Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
robertmcclure earthlink net  http://www.bobcatos.com
Man's disappointments are sometimes God's appointments.