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Old 02-10-2010, 10:27 PM   #1
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nfs mount a hotplug device?


Current stable Debian runs on both machines. I connect a digital camera to the USB on the server ("a") and the camera's filesystem is mounted automatically. I want that same filesystem to be made available to the other machine ("b") through nfs.

What should be in fstab for that filesystem, or is something else needed in the configuration for "b" in order to access the filesystem which is physically on "a"?
 
Old 02-11-2010, 04:19 PM   #2
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Have you installed and set up nfs ?

Can you see any nfs-mounted files on server A from machine B ?

If so, then when the camera is mounted on server A then it will appear on the nfs mount of server A on machine B.

If you are using a GUI, then you might need to click "Refresh", or "Reload" before you can see the changes.

I hate to ask this, but have you read man nfs or searched on nfs howto ?
 
Old 02-11-2010, 08:00 PM   #3
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Thanks for your response, tredegar

Yes, nfs is up, no problem. And I have no problem with manually mounting the camera drive on machine b once it has been plugged into machine a. Here's what I'm missing:

When the camera is connected to machine a, the OS recognizes the new device and mounts it automatically. I would like for machine b to recognize that the filesystem is now mounted on machine a and I would like for the filesystem to be automatically mounted on machine b.

Maybe all I need is the right keywords to put in the options column for an fstab entry on machine b?

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Old 02-12-2010, 07:04 AM   #4
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What is in your /etc/exports file on machine a ?
Where is the camera mounted to on machine a ?
 
Old 02-14-2010, 04:52 PM   #5
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Machine a has the following line in /etc/exports:
Code:
/media/disk/dcim           192.168.128.80/28(rw,no_root_squash,sync)
That line is identical to entries I have for 2 other exports from machine a. The 2 other exports are regular directories, so they're easy.

When the camera is connected to the usb port on machine a, a new directory named "disk" is automatically created under the existing directory /media/
"dcim" is a directory under "disk" within the camera's internal filesystem.

Machine b has the following line in /etc/fstab:
Code:
192.168.128.94:/media/disk/dcim  /home/share/media-optisrvr nfs defaults 0 0
Of course, directory /home/share/media-optisrvr exists.


When the camera has been connected to machine a, on machine b, I can execute "mount -a" and the camera files will be available on machine b. After disconnecting the camera, I need to execute "umount -l" before I can mount it again.

I'd like to know if I can make the camera available on machine b more conveniently: ideally, like it is on machine a. I'd like for it to be easy enough for my wife to do without her asking why I don't just buy a windows machine....

Thanks for your help.
 
Old 02-15-2010, 04:08 AM   #6
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The mount fails because /media/disk/dcim does not exist until the camera is plugged in.
Just export /media on machine A and on machine b put

Code:
192.168.128.94:/media/ /home/share/media-optisrvr nfs defaults 0 0
Then it should work (you may need to "refresh" or "reload" your file browser window, depending).
 
  


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