Theres a nice article on automounting USB drives on http://www.greenfly.org/tips/usb_drive.html
It was updated a couple of months ago to include info on using multiple USB devices, nice n flexible. On Wed, 01 Sep 2004 20:23:59 +1200, Alasdair Tennant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For those of us with 2.4 kernel and NO OTHER SCSI DISK, Here's the beginning > of an idea; (Pardon my naff bash skills): > > fdisk -l | grep "Disk /dev/sd" | cut -d" " -f2 | sed s/:/1/ > > returns the device that has grabbed the flash drive. > > so I guess > > mount `fdisk -l | grep "Disk /dev/sd" | cut -d" " -f2 | sed s/:/1/` > /thumbdrive > > should do it. > > Well, waddaya know? Works for me! MY FIRST BASH SCRIPT (I'm so proud!) > > Only works as root, of course, so what we need is an entry in fstab that allows users > to mount it (is there another way?). There the logic fails, f'rinstance > /dev/sda1 /thumbdrive_a . . . > /dev/sdb1 /thumbdrive_b . . . > doesn't appeal at all, 'cos there's no consistent mount for any other scripts or user > familiarity. > > Ideas, anyone? > > On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 17:31:56 +1200 > Matthew Gregan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > . . . [SNIP] . . . > > reboot it will begin at /dev/sdb or whatever is the first free SCSI > > disk device node. Your worry is real and your backup script should > > deal with it. > > > > I suggest you look into a reliable method to identify the newly > > attached USB storage device. Since you've mentioned that you're > . . . [SNIP] . . . > > -- > Alasdair Tennant > Dunedin > New Zealand > -- Regards, Sascha
