> Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2013 14:00:01 -0500
> From: "Cliff McDiarmid" <[email protected]>
> To: "BLFS Support List" <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [blfs-support] Autofs problem on LFS7.2
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Bruce Dubbs
> > Sent: 02/25/13 04:47 PM
> > To: BLFS Support List
> > Subject: Re: [blfs-support] Autofs problem on LFS7.2
> >
> > Cliff McDiarmid wrote:
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > I have just installed Autofs-5.0.7 as per BLFS instructions on
> > > LFS7.2. The automounter is loading at boot up and I am getting a
> > > bootlog of the event. However, the /etc/auto.master script does not
> > > create the '/media/auto' dir.
> > >
> > > The entries under '/etc/auto-misc' can all be mounted manually with
> > > 'mount'.
>
> > automount is supposed to mount directories on demand. If you want them
> > to be mounted at startup, use fstab.
>
> Thanks Bruce
>
> No, I need to mount cd and a usb stick on demand at the command prompt.
>
> >BTW, the mount points need to exist
>
> Yes, /media does exist, but the BLFS instructions suggest the 'auto' dir is
> created on demand so that one can access it, e.g. when a stick is plugged in
> etc.
>
> MAC
>
What happens if you create the '/media/auto' dir manually: does the
automounting
work OK then? ("Debug code, not comments"; or practice -vs- theory).
And similarly if you use already-created dirs such as '/mnt/usb', '/mnt/cdrom',
(or their (new-fangled ;) ) /media equivs) in your automount maps & cfg files?
((Automounting like that has worked for me no-probs over the years. It also
means
that you are not dependent on the ever-shifting maze of
'great-new-thing-then-discarded' junk like *kit/udisk*/hal/hotplug/udev/sysd/&c
and their risible chains of deps. But that's going onto a different topic ...
))
BTW, your responses keep breaking the threading of the messages.
hth,
rgds,
akh
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