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Distribution: Ubuntu 11.4,DD-WRT micro plus ssh,lfs-6.6,Fedora 15,Fedora 16
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execute mount (or any) command on startup
how do i set my linux box to execute a command (such as mounting a volume) on startup, don't say put the entry in the fstab because i know that already , but i'm trying to mount a pc card, and the fstab is read before the pcmcia services start up, so i need a different approach to automount it, thanx in advance
well either you create a small script and put it in the appripiate run level /etc/rc[345].d or you put it in the local boot file which might be named differently depending on your distro.
in RH its's /etc/rc.local if i remember correctly!
Haven't got any of your distro's handy,
but in Slack I'd edit my
/etc/pcmcia/ide.opts
(or scsi.opts, if this were what I got)
file to get a pcmcia hard-drive mounted :)
Distribution: Ubuntu 11.4,DD-WRT micro plus ssh,lfs-6.6,Fedora 15,Fedora 16
Posts: 3,233
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editing the /etc/rc.local worked actually, that provided the answer to another question i hadn't asked which is how to execute the 'trackpat drag' command at startup also killed two birds with one stone!
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, but i'm trying to mount a pc card, and the fstab is read before the pcmcia services start up, so i need a different approach to automount it, thanx in advance 
