Jerry....I'm curious as to why you'd want any removable media device to
automount at bootup? The media needs to be inserted for the mount to
occur and that is a bad practice with any removable read/write device.
Alan
Jerry Van Brimmer wrote:
>
> Sean Armstrong wrote:
> >
> > Sysadmin wrote:
> > >
> > > I have ordered a zip250, which I think uses the same
> > > SCSI card as the regular zip 100.
> > >
> > > Hmm, now I know how to set it up during installation,
> > > but is it possible to set it up without running the installer
> > > by just telling it to load the correct driver assuming one
> > > has the directories /mnt/zip250 created
> > > and the moint point in their /etc/fstab file?
> > >
> > I think this will work if you have a Zip disk with the proper media on
> > it inserted into the zip drive at boot up time. At least it does for
> > me. My setup could just be a fluke though.
> > SA
>
> Sean,
> Could you please give me what your line looks like in your fstab file to
> get your zip to mount at boot time. I have:
>
> /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip auto defaults 0 0
>
> but mine never mounts at bootup time. I always have to run "modprobe
> ppp" for my system to see my Zip 100 drive.
>
> Thanks
