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wildleaf
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 Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 9:07 pm Post subject: External USB HDD cannot be automount in fstab during boot |
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I have this external Maxtor 160G HDD in my fstab.
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# Backup HDD Maxtor 160G
/dev/maxtor3 /mnt/backup3 ext2 noatime 0 0
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During boot, it gave me this error.
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mount: special device /dev/maxtor3 does not exist
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But when I do "mount -a" after login, it worked fine.
I'm using udev and 2007.0 profile. I tried to use the "/dev/sdd3" in fstab too but not working.
Please help. Thank you. |
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NeddySeagoon
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| Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 9:56 pm Post subject: |
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wildleaf,
The USB subsystem may be started after the kernel has automounted your normal drives, in which case, the device node will be missing.
Make sure your USB support is built into the kernel, not modules.
If thats not enough, add the kernel parameterto your kernel line in grub.
That provides a 10 second delay to allow the USB system to start, normally before the kernel mounts root over USB, however it will allow your in kernel USB to get established and the /dev entry created, so auto mounting works.
The 10 (10 seconds) may not be right - some trial and error may be needed.
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wildleaf
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| Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 10:11 pm Post subject: |
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It worked like a charm! Thanks a lot!
| NeddySeagoon wrote: | wildleaf,
The USB subsystem may be started after the kernel has automounted your normal drives, in which case, the device node will be missing.
Make sure your USB support is built into the kernel, not modules.
If thats not enough, add the kernel parameterto your kernel line in grub.
That provides a 10 second delay to allow the USB system to start, normally before the kernel mounts root over USB, however it will allow your in kernel USB to get established and the /dev entry created, so auto mounting works.
The 10 (10 seconds) may not be right - some trial and error may be needed. |
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