how to mount usb floppy drive automatically

kushalkoolwal · 01-24-2006, 04:20 PM

Hi guys,

I have a usb floopy drive attached to my Debain (stable) system(base install). Whenever I have to mount my USB floppy drive I have to give the command

#mount /dev/sda

and the floppy drive mounts at /media/usb0 fine, since my fstab contains the following line as shown below

Code:

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0
/dev/hda1       /               ext3    defaults,errors=remount-ro 0       1
/dev/hdb        /media/cdrom0   iso9660 ro,user,auto    0       0
/dev/sda	/media/usb0	vfat	rw,user,auto	1	2

How can I achieve this automatically i.e. whenever I log in as the user(regular/root) my usb floppy drive should get mounted automatically.

Bascially, auto executing the command
#/dev/sda

thanks

mushroomboy · 01-24-2006, 04:26 PM

With newer kenrel and udev systems it should automatically load it if you have the right modules loaded into the kernel. Though I'm not sure, you could run a script during your startup of your xsession. That would essentially do it.

kushalkoolwal · 01-24-2006, 04:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mushroomboy

With newer kenrel and udev systems it should automatically load it if you have the right modules loaded into the kernel. Though I'm not sure, you could run a script during your startup of your xsession. That would essentially do it.

I am not using GNOME/KDE or any graphical environment so I do not have the xsession file. Also the module usb-storage is properly loaded.

Matir · 01-24-2006, 05:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kushalkoolwal

I am not using GNOME/KDE or any graphical environment so I do not have the xsession file. Also the module usb-storage is properly loaded.

Code:

cd ; echo mount /dev/sda >> .bash_profile

In other words, add "mount /dev/sda" to .bash_profile.

kushalkoolwal · 01-24-2006, 05:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matir

Code:

cd ; echo mount /dev/sda >> .bash_profile

In other words, add "mount /dev/sda" to .bash_profile.

Thnaks Matir for the tip. Also, in continuation of this topic, I would like to ask one more question.

often I need to give the command
#dhclient eth0

to get the IP address from the DHCP server to connect to internet. can you tell me where I can put this command during the boot up process so that I don;t have to give it manually. Is there anything like autoexec.bat in Debian Linux. If there is, can anyone point out a proper resource, where I can read it in detail.

Thanks

Matir · 01-24-2006, 05:54 PM

Yes, it would be in /etc/rc.d/ on Debian.

kushalkoolwal · 01-24-2006, 06:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matir

Yes, it would be in /etc/rc.d/ on Debian.

There is not /etc/rc.d/ directory, but there are /etc/rc.S,1,2,3,4,5,6/ directory? I n those directory, in which file should I put it.

Thanks for your help once again.

LeftyAce · 01-24-2006, 08:18 PM

the numbers refer to the various runlevels (single user, reboot, shutdown, multiuser, etc) The runlevel for a standard graphical login is runlevel 5.