On Tue, 10 Apr 2007, oliver CNSISP wrote: > hello greg thank you for you info on usb (http://www.linux-usb.org/) > > i just have one small problem i am using a usb external harddrive and when i > set it up in fstab it stops linux from booting > > i am using debian 3.1r2 and my drive is working if i mount it normaly from > the command line, however i wont this drive to be avalible for backup > perposes > > and i am not always on site to check the server if it gets reset > > how can i mount this drive to avoide linux from hanging and waiting for me > to respond
It's hard to say what's going wrong because you provided almost no information. However one possible solution is to write add some simple commands to your system start-up scripts (/etc/rc.d/rc.local or the equivalent). For example: sleep 10 mount ... The effect should be the same as if you had typed the mount command by hand. Alan Stern ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Linux-usb-users@lists.sourceforge.net To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users