On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 01:42:56PM +0200, Asuka Langley wrote: > Hello > > I have a big problem.. to be honest this problem belongs to a friend of > mine, just he can't speak english, and he is blind, so it's a bit difficult. > So..the problem > > He have this line in his fstab: > /dev/sdb1 /media/disk2 ext3 auto,users 0 0 > > This was working for he .. for few weeks. But after that weeks, the > directory became empty after a reboot. Then, he tried to remount it, but it > says: /dev/sdb is mounted, or the /media/disk folder is busy. > > He readed about this problem, and then he used 'dmsetup remove sdb1' and the > mount works again. Yes, he can do this workaround, but he is not the only > who uses that pc, there are newbies too. He wants to get automount work > again.
He/You could put 'dmsetup remove sdb1' in rc.local > The OS is an up-to-date Debian Lenny with GNOME desktop environment. He uses > ORCA (but I don't think this is a necessary info). The kernel is 2.6.24-1 > amd64. If you need other info, then just reply, and I will answer. It could be a transition. You are aware of the problems running testing, aren't you? > ps.: Sorry for the last "half-mail", the Firefox QtGTK gone wild, and it > sent itself.. Really sorry. I hope it wont cause a big problem. Aaargh![1] Damn computers. :-) [1] An old word used in the Commando comics. -- Chris. ====== "One, with God, is always a majority, but many a martyr has been burned at the stake while the votes were being counted." -- Thomas B. Reed -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
