Hello everyone.

I am looking for a way to run a script when I mount my USB external harddrive. Basically, I've got this 80G external drive that I haven't used since I made the switch to desktop Linux(Ubuntu dapper). The problem is that Ubuntu hangs when booting if the drive is connected. Since the external drive is primarily for backups, it doesn't need to be connected all of the time anyway, so I just connect it when I'm going to do my weekly backup. So the question is, how can I make Ubuntu run an 'autorun' type bash script when I connect and mount the drive? I mean, I can write the script, but how can I make it run. Thanks in advance,

Highgeere

I would write a script on your computer that did the mounting for you, and then in the same script on your computer execute a command. Basically you're just solidifying the mount and the other command, but if you do this frequently you might find it useful. In theory, there probably is something that does exactly what you're looking for, but I don't know it is.

Maybe udev gives you an opportunity there, but I'm not sure. Do you know e.g.

http://www.reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html
http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/util...tplug/udev-FAQ
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/...er07/udev.html