Re: USB external hard drive -- mounting

2017-09-02 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 29 Aug 2017 13:17:31 +0200 Dominique Dumont wrote: > On Monday, 28 August 2017 14:25:15 CEST James H. H. Lampert wrote: > > Can anybody advise me on how to set this thing up so that if it's > > plugged in, it will mount, to a consistent mountpoint, whether anybody's > > signed on to Gnome

Re: USB external hard drive -- mounting

2017-08-29 Thread James H. H. Lampert
Ok. As it stands now, I have only the "case 1" fstab entry in place, and after this line of the backup script: cd /media/ExternalHD/Backups I've added these lines: if [ "$?" = "1" ]; then mount /media/ExternalHD cd /media/ExternalHD/Backups fi which (at least in theory) should mount the e

Re: USB external hard drive -- mounting

2017-08-29 Thread Frank
Op 29-08-17 om 20:05 schreef James H. H. Lampert: On 8/29/17, 3:58 AM, Frank wrote: That looks a lot more complicated than the solution I found a couple of years ago (in a blog posting which - unfortunately - no longer exists...). I also created a file in /etc/udev/rules.d/, but all it contains

Re: USB external hard drive -- mounting

2017-08-29 Thread James H. H. Lampert
On 8/29/17, 11:59 AM, Dominique Dumont wrote: Depending on the bahavior you want, you should choose one of the 2 lines, but not both. I believe the latter triggers the "Duplicate entry" warning . So if you want your device to be mounted when inserted, choose the line with defaults,noatime,auto,n

Re: USB external hard drive -- mounting

2017-08-29 Thread Dominique Dumont
On Tuesday, 29 August 2017 11:46:34 CEST James H. H. Lampert wrote: > > LABEL=ExternalHD /media/ExternalHD auto defaults,noatime,auto,nofail 0 2 > > LABEL=ExternalHD /media/ExternalHD auto > > defaults,x-systemd.automount,x-systemd.device-timeout=5,noatime,noauto 0 > > 2 > One odd thing, with those

Re: USB external hard drive -- mounting

2017-08-29 Thread James H. H. Lampert
On 8/29/17, 4:17 AM, Dominique Dumont wrote: I wrote this blog a while ago for this kind of problem: https://ddumont.wordpress.com/2016/04/24/automount-usb-devices-with-systemd/ That worked. It mounts on IPL, is available from an ssh session before anybody has signed on to Gnome, it mounts (af

Re: USB external hard drive -- mounting

2017-08-29 Thread James H. H. Lampert
On 8/29/17, 3:58 AM, Frank wrote: That looks a lot more complicated than the solution I found a couple of years ago (in a blog posting which - unfortunately - no longer exists...). I also created a file in /etc/udev/rules.d/, but all it contains is: ENV{ID_FS_USAGE}=="filesystem|other|crypto", E

Re: USB external hard drive -- mounting

2017-08-29 Thread Dominique Dumont
On Monday, 28 August 2017 14:25:15 CEST James H. H. Lampert wrote: > Can anybody advise me on how to set this thing up so that if it's > plugged in, it will mount, to a consistent mountpoint, whether anybody's > signed on to Gnome or not? And when it's inevitably replaced, its > replacement will co

Re: USB external hard drive -- mounting

2017-08-29 Thread Frank
Op 29-08-17 om 03:33 schreef Ben Caradoc-Davies: I have not tried this but a udev rule might be your next step: https://www.axllent.org/docs/view/auto-mounting-usb-storage/ That looks a lot more complicated than the solution I found a couple of years ago (in a blog posting which - unfortunatel

Re: USB external hard drive -- mounting

2017-08-28 Thread Mario Castelán Castro
On 28/08/17 18:07, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: > The above lines give me fixed mount points based on filesystem labels > (LABEL), but UUID will also work. Device names are no good as they are > by default dynamically assigned for USB storage devices. To complement the information given by Ben Carado

Re: USB external hard drive -- mounting

2017-08-28 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 29/08/17 12:19, James H. H. Lampert wrote: First, I was able to relabel the drive as a suitably generic "ExternalHD," and when I unplugged it and plugged it back in, it mounted (albeit still under a user-specific, auto-created mount point) as that label. With the drive automounted, I did a "

Re: USB external hard drive -- mounting

2017-08-28 Thread James H. H. Lampert
On 8/28/17, 4:07 PM, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: I am not sure about the background automounting, but I get consistent mount points and mount settings with entries like these in /etc/fstab: LABEL=Backup/media/backup ext4 noatime,noauto,user,errors=remount-ro 0

Re: USB external hard drive -- mounting

2017-08-28 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 29/08/17 09:25, James H. H. Lampert wrote: Can anybody advise me on how to set this thing up so that if it's plugged in, it will mount, to a consistent mountpoint, whether anybody's signed on to Gnome or not? I am not sure about the background automounting, but I get consistent mount point

USB external hard drive -- mounting

2017-08-28 Thread James H. H. Lampert
Greetings: I'm in the process of setting up a new server, running Debian Jessie 8.9, replacing a Windows Server 2003 box (the same physical hardware). One of the functions of this server is to automatically (via a script run from cron) back up data (mostly on other servers, via FTP and SCP)

USB external drive mounting / permissions issues.

2016-08-29 Thread Alan E. Davis
[I used the wrong email address when I posted this message a few minutes ago. I hope I will be forgiven for reposting using this correct address.] Hello: I have four partitions on a USB drive, including ntfs, fat32, and ext4. None of them is accessible as automounted. Each of them is accessible a

RE: sata hard drive mounting problem

2010-02-04 Thread David Hammett
R: sata hard drive mounting problem -Messaggio originale- Da: David Hammett [mailto:docli...@copper.net] Inviato: mercoledì 3 febbraio 2010 22.20 A: debian-user@lists.debian.org Oggetto: sata hard drive mounting problem I have a computer with debian 5.0 etch. Etch is debian 4, lenny is

RE: R: sata hard drive mounting problem

2010-02-04 Thread James Wu
ssions Cheers, James -Original Message- From: David Hammett [mailto:docli...@copper.net] Sent: February 3, 2010 5:27 PM To: m.vasche...@snservice.net Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: R: sata hard drive mounting problem Thanks Marco You stated:>> You need add a line li

Re: R: sata hard drive mounting problem

2010-02-03 Thread David Hammett
Thanks Marco You stated:>> You need add a line like this one in /etc/fstab: /dev/device /mount/point file system options dumppass For use normal user /dev/sdb1 /media/HDDext3defaults,user,rw 00 The drive has an nfts

R: sata hard drive mounting problem

2010-02-03 Thread Marco Vaschetto
-Messaggio originale- Da: David Hammett [mailto:docli...@copper.net] Inviato: mercoledì 3 febbraio 2010 22.20 A: debian-user@lists.debian.org Oggetto: sata hard drive mounting problem I have a computer with debian 5.0 etch. Etch is debian 4, lenny is debian 5, but this isn't the

Sata hard drive mounting problem

2010-02-03 Thread David Hammett
I have a computer with debian 5.0 etch. I've added a sata hard drive dev/sdb1 it shows up in system media folder but when I click it I get permissions denied so tried to mount it and error no mounting points in /etc/fstab and /etc/mtab so I looked in fstab they are no settings for dev/sdb1 in it

sata hard drive mounting problem

2010-02-03 Thread David Hammett
I have a computer with debian 5.0 etch. I've added a sata hard drive dev/sdb1 it shows up in system media folder but when I click it I get permissions denied so tried to mount it and error no mounting points I in /etc/fstab and /etc/mtab so I looked in fstab they Are no settings for dev/sdb1 i

Re: [OT] - Problem with DVD drive mounting

2009-07-17 Thread thomas.ferry
Mark Allums wrote: thomas.ferry wrote: Chris Jones wrote: On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 04:54:08PM EDT, thomas.ferry wrote: [..] It looks like hal doesnt mount my dvd drive. I tried to rename the file you mentioned and it doesnt exist. I know the drive is good cause I dont use it that often h

Re: [OT] - Problem with DVD drive mounting

2009-07-17 Thread Mark Allums
thomas.ferry wrote: Chris Jones wrote: On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 04:54:08PM EDT, thomas.ferry wrote: [..] It looks like hal doesnt mount my dvd drive. I tried to rename the file you mentioned and it doesnt exist. I know the drive is good cause I dont use it that often heh. Well, no.

Re: [OT] - Problem with DVD drive mounting

2009-07-17 Thread thomas.ferry
Chris Jones wrote: On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 04:54:08PM EDT, thomas.ferry wrote: [..] It looks like hal doesnt mount my dvd drive. I tried to rename the file you mentioned and it doesnt exist. I know the drive is good cause I dont use it that often heh. Well, no.. if you don't use i

[OT] - Problem with DVD drive mounting

2009-07-17 Thread Chris Jones
On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 04:54:08PM EDT, thomas.ferry wrote: [..] > It looks like hal doesnt mount my dvd drive. I tried to rename the file > you mentioned and it doesnt exist. I know the drive is good cause I dont > use it that often heh. Well, no.. if you don't use it that often, you don't

Re: Problem with DVD drive mounting

2009-07-17 Thread thomas.ferry
Dirk wrote: thomas.ferry wrote: Ive been having problems with my DVD/RW mount each time I insert a disc it causes a hard lock of the drive and i gotta reboot the system. Im using Debian sid with the 2.6.30-bigmem kernel. If HAL does mount it you could try to rename /etc/init.d/hald to /et

Re: Problem with DVD drive mounting

2009-07-17 Thread Dirk
thomas.ferry wrote: Ive been having problems with my DVD/RW mount each time I insert a disc it causes a hard lock of the drive and i gotta reboot the system. Im using Debian sid with the 2.6.30-bigmem kernel. If HAL does mount it you could try to rename /etc/init.d/hald to /etc/init.d/hald

Re: Problem with DVD drive mounting

2009-07-17 Thread Dirk
thomas.ferry wrote: Ive been having problems with my DVD/RW mount each time I insert a disc it causes a hard lock of the drive and i gotta reboot the system. Im using Debian sid with the 2.6.30-bigmem kernel. Debian/unstable? Do you mount manually or does HAL mount it? Dirk -- To UNSUBS

Problem with DVD drive mounting

2009-07-17 Thread thomas.ferry
Ive been having problems with my DVD/RW mount each time I insert a disc it causes a hard lock of the drive and i gotta reboot the system. Im using Debian sid with the 2.6.30-bigmem kernel. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troubl

DVD ROM Drive mounting confusion

2007-01-18 Thread Daniel Haude
Hello, in my box I have a DVD-ROM drive and a DVD burner. I ide-scsi'd both of them (because I occasionally use multi-session DVDs which, when using the ATAPI driver, are not mountable any more if the last session is beyond a certain position). This sould make the drives appear as /dev/scd0 and /d

usb drive mounting

2005-12-10 Thread Glenn Meehan
Hi, I just did an apt-get upgrade for the first time in about 6 months. It all went fine until I tried to mount a key drive as a user. I got the error: /dev/fatflash is not a valid block device This is my fstab /dev/fatflash /mnt/memstick vfatrw,user,noauto 0 0 ls /dev lrwxr-x

problems with CDRW drive mounting CD-data

2003-01-22 Thread Matthew Weier O'Phinney
So my *newest* machine's motherboard died over the weekend, and I'm trying to cannibalize it to make my old machine a bit better. Among the things I've done is to take the 52x24x52 CD-RW drive, DVDROM drive, and hard drive out and place them in my old machine. Current setup is: Primary IDE Control

Re: new hard drive mounting to /home

1998-12-31 Thread Jim Foltz
On Thu, Dec 31, 1998 at 12:52:48AM -0500, Noah L. Meyerhans wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > On Wed, 30 Dec 1998, AJ wrote: > > > can anyone tell me the best way to do this? > > i was thinking among the lines of: > > tar -vcf home.tar /home/ > > rm -rf /home/ > > mkdir /home > > m

Re: new hard drive mounting to /home

1998-12-31 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Wed, 30 Dec 1998, AJ wrote: > can anyone tell me the best way to do this? > i was thinking among the lines of: > tar -vcf home.tar /home/ > rm -rf /home/ > mkdir /home > mount /dev/hdb3 /home > tar -xvf home.tar That will work, but here's a slightly nicer w

new hard drive mounting to /home

1998-12-31 Thread AJ
hey, im purchasing a 16.8gig new ibm deskstar HD.. and am partitioning it like this: 8gig VFAT Win32 4gig VFAT Win32 4gig Linux Native what i wanna do is mount the linux native part to /home/ while keeping all the current files in /home/ in tacked, and having all the user privelages and stuff re

Re: Drive mounting

1998-08-03 Thread Patrick Olson
I don't know anything about the EtherPCI II card itself, but I have an EtherPCI card working with the Tulip driver. I don't know what the difference between my EtherPCI and your EtherPCI II is. If they are really similar, yours might work with the Tulip driver. On Sat, 18 Jul 1998, Cristov Russ

RE: Drive mounting

1998-07-20 Thread Richardson,Anthony
From: Cristov Russell [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 18, 1998 5:43 AM To: debian-user Subject: Drive mounting Hello all. I'm very green at Linux and unfortunately no one that I know is currently using it. I'm having a little trouble understanding how to mount a drive. I ha

Re: Drive mounting

1998-07-18 Thread Keith Alen Vance
mkdir /dos should work. Keith [EMAIL PROTECTED] You only get one chance at life, but if you do it right, you only need one. http://www.naples.net/~nfn11988 On Sat, 18 Jul 1998, Cristov Russell wrote: > Hello all. I'm very green at Linux and unfortunately no one that I

Re: Drive mounting

1998-07-18 Thread Tom Pfeifer
Cristov, mkdir dos ==>> if you just logged in as root, this creates /root/dos mount -t msdos /dev/hdb3 /dos ==>> this tries to mount it at /dos which in fact doesn't exist to make the directory /dos you need to do this ==>> mkdir /dos Tom -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTE

Re: Drive mounting

1998-07-18 Thread Oliver Elphick
Cristov Russell wrote: >mount -t msdos /dev/hdb3 /dos > >I get an error that says the mount point doesn't exist. Also, i'm >attempting to access the second logical drive (E in DOS). I forgot to cover this point: /dev/hda is the Master IDE disk on the first IDE interface /dev/hdb is

Re: Drive mounting

1998-07-18 Thread Oliver Elphick
Cristov Russell wrote: >I'm having a little trouble understanding how to mount a drive. ... >I've tried using the following command immediately after logging in as >'root': > >mkdir dos >mount -t msdos /dev/hdb3 /dos > >I get an error that says the mount point doesn't exist. Also

Drive mounting

1998-07-18 Thread Cristov Russell
Hello all. I'm very green at Linux and unfortunately no one that I know is currently using it. I'm having a little trouble understanding how to mount a drive. I have to physical hard drives and a parallel zip drive and I am dual booting with Win95. The primary HD has a single FAT16 partition