Hi sorry if this is a stupid question have only started playing with linux in the last few weeks

I am running Fedora core 4

If i attach my Freecomm USB HDD to my server after it has booted it automounts and works fine, if I restart or shutdown and the power up it dosent auto mount unless i unplug the USB HDD and plug it in again.

also it wont mount manually.

when it is mounted the line in the fstab reads

/dev/sda /media/usbdisk ext3 pamconsole,exec,noauto,managed 0 0

this is really frustraiting because i know that changing the fstab will have no effect because the fstab stuff loads at boot before the usb modules.

can anyone help please???

/dev/sda /media/usbdisk ext3 pamconsole,exec,noauto,managed 0 0

Are you sure it reads like that or does it read;

/dev/sda1 /media/usbdisk ext3 pamconsole,exec,noauto,managed 0 0

Anyway you can edit /etc/fstab and "fix" the problems, for example;

/dev/sda1 /media/usbdisk auto exec,noauto,users,rw 0 0

it does redad as sda1 not sda soz

if i edit the fstab it will crash the system because the usb modules are not loaded prior to fstab running


the main problem i need to resolve is getting the drive to be detected at boot

if i boot the server and run fdisk -l it dosent show up if i unplug the device and plug it back in it does and i can then mount it.

ok i added the line to the fstab but the device still dosent show up

I have a SuSE box here with a external USB disk. Altought the distributions are different, the following may be help.

Try this fstab entry:

/dev/sda1 /media/usbdisk subfs auto,rw,fs=ext3 0 0

The submount is started later, hopefull after the usb system, so this may work. Work for me.

Thanks

I think that sorted it it now shows up after boot when i do fdisk -l

and i can mount it by using

mount /media/usbdisk

now all I have to do is add

mount /media/usbdisk

to the rc.local file and i think it will be fine.


thanks marozsas


thanks all

spoke to soon after two reboots it stoped working and dosn't show up again

sometimes it is there and sometimes its not its very temperamental