Try the 'noauto' option in fstab. Matt
On Sun, Sep 22, 2002 at 10:06:34AM -0400, J. Scott Merritt wrote: > I recently upgraded my RedHat 7.1 system with a recompiled 2.4.19 Linux Kernel. > I have a San Disk ImageMate Compact Flash card reader (SDDR-31) attached to one of >the USB ports on my computer (ASUS P2B motherboard). Whenever the system is >rebooted, the startup sequence loads all of the USB modules and then automatically >attempts attach and mount the ImageMate as a SCSI disk. Since CF Cards are usually >not present in the ImageMate during booting, this generates a slew of error messages >in the logs (READ CAPACITY failed, unrecognized disk partition, etc ...). Note that >since the system uses SCSI hard drives, I have compiled general (non-USB) SCSI >support into the Kernel itself (ie not as a module). > > I would very much like to defer any attempt to mount the ImageMate until I insert a >CF card and manually issue a "mount /dev/sdb1 ..." command. I've tried compiling the >USB modules into the kernel and also as modules - in either case it automatically >attempts to mount the ImageMate. I've searched through FSTAB, modules.conf, >rc.sysinit, USB HowTos, etc and have not been able to uncover a way of deferring the >mounting of USB Mass Storage devices - or even deferring the loading of the USB >kernel modules themselves. > > Any sugggestions would be appreciated. Thanks, Scott. > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users -- Matthew Dharm Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Maintainer, Linux USB Mass Storage Driver We can customize our colonels. -- Tux User Friendly, 12/1/1998
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