Auto-mount a network drive
 

Hello all :)
I'm quite new using Linux, and I've got the following problem to deal with :

How can I automatically mount a network drive on startup ?
Is the fstab file used after the initialisation of the eth0 device ? I so, what is to be added inside the fstab file to correctly mount the network drive ?
If not so, how can I do that ? Do I have to run a script on startup ? How can I do that ?

I'm using Redhat 7.3 Distro on a Sony Vaio Laptop, DHCP network, the network drive is on a Windows 2k server, FAT32 format

Thx for your help

Regards

:newbie:

Hi

u are looking in the right place. u must edit the /etc/fstab and place the following entry for it to work

//server/share /mnt/dir smbfs username=user,password=xxx 0 0

Cheers

Great !!!

It works perfectly, thx a lot :)

Well, as I'm quite a boring guy, I've got another question :

Same way, is it the same way to connect a network printer ?

Yip u can do it LINUX does everthing :D

For your solution i am going to consider that u have the printer connected to your windoze oops box, try the following

share your printer with a IP connection (jetdirect). when the printer asks you what port the printer is on creat one using a IP

under X goto system settings -> printing it will then ask you for roots password.
Add new printer
queue type= networked jetdirect with printer= ip address and the port number= 9100

This should sort u out if u plan to connect the printer to your linux box then u need to setup a samber server

hope this helps
cheers

can't mount more than one
 

I had the same problem. I have two physical HDs in one W2K box. The problem is I can only mount one at a time. Does anyone have a work around.

Here is my fstab exerpt:

//server/disk1 /mnt/disk1 smbfs username=xxx,password=xxx 0 0
//server/disk2 /mnt/disk2 smbfs username=xxx,password=xxx 0 0

If I # one out I can mount the other, but again, not both at the same time. When my laptop boots up it get to the smb portion and hangs.

What do I do???