Changes

====Identifying your USB drive====

====Identifying your USB drive====

See [[http://wiki.contribs.org/USBDisks#USB_on_SME_8|USB_on_SME_8]] for SME 8 servers.

See [[USBDisks#USB_on_SME_8|USB_on_SME_8]] for SME 8 servers.

After connecting your USB drive, execute the command

After connecting your USB drive, execute the command

Once the script exists you can add additional mount commands by editing S95mount_USB using:

Once the script exists you can add additional mount commands by editing S95mount_USB using:

  pico -w /etc/e-smith/events/local/S95mount_USB

  nano -w /etc/e-smith/events/local/S95mount_USB

The 'local' event will run each time your server boots up.  If you connect or disconnect a drive and need to re-mount it you can re-run your auto-mount commands using:

The 'local' event will run each time your server boots up.  If you connect or disconnect a drive and need to re-mount it you can re-run your auto-mount commands using:

  signal-event local

  signal-event local

====Mount your disks automatically when connected====

====Mount your disks automatically when connected====

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We use hal for the first and manually create and mount for the second

We use hal for the first and manually create and mount for the second

To find  the device name, label, filesystem and the uid

To find  the device name, label, filesystem and the uid

Create the file hal-find-by-property.sh

Create the file hal-find-by-property.sh

         fs=$(hal-get-property --udi $udi --key volume.fstype)

         fs=$(hal-get-property --udi $udi --key volume.fstype)

         lb=$(hal-get-property --udi $udi --key volume.label)

         lb=$(hal-get-property --udi $udi --key volume.label)

         echo $dev": label "$lb",file system: "$fs ",uid: "$udi

         echo device: $dev", label: "$lb", file system: "$fs", uid: "$udi

     fi

     fi

  done

  done

The output will tell you the device, volume label, file system type, and the uid. If this is a new drive you have to run fdisk to create a partition and format the drive before you can mount it.

The output will tell you the device, volume label, file system type, and the uid. If this is a new drive you have to run fdisk to create a partition and format the drive before you can mount it.

To create a partition with fdisk, use the device output from the hal-find-by-property.sh script as the argument to the fdisk command. If the output from hal-find-by-property.sh is /dev/sdb1 the fdisk command will be

To create a partition with fdisk, use the device output from the hal-find-by-property.sh script as the argument to the fdisk command. If the output from hal-find-by-property.sh is /dev/sdb1 the fdisk command will be

If this is a new drive, you will need to create a new primary partition. Do this by entering an n at the prompt followed by p for primary. Enter a partition number of 1. fdisk will then ask for the first and last sector. If you are formatting a new disk, hit enter at both questions. This will use the entire disk. When the process ends, hit p to verify you have the disk setup like you want it. Once you are happy with the partition table, hit w to write the partition table and exit fdisk.

If this is a new drive, you will need to create a new primary partition. Do this by entering an n at the prompt followed by p for primary. Enter a partition number of 1. fdisk will then ask for the first and last sector. If you are formatting a new disk, hit enter at both questions. This will use the entire disk. When the process ends, hit p to verify you have the disk setup like you want it. Once you are happy with the partition table, hit w to write the partition table and exit fdisk.

You now need to format the drive. ext4 is recommended. To format the drive with an ext4 filesystem located at /dev/sdb1 and give it a label of usbdrive, issue the following command:

  mkfs ext4 -L usbdrive /dev/sdb1

 

You now need to format the drive. To format the drive with an ext3 filesystem located at /dev/sdb1 and give it a label of usbdrive, issue the following command:

  mkfs.ext3 -L usbdrive /dev/sdb1

 

Finally you mount the drive. As mentioned before, the mount point has to exist before you issue the mount command. A typical place for USB drives to be mounted is /media. If there is already a mount point in /media you can check it by listing the directory contents of media.  

Finally you mount the drive. As mentioned before, the mount point has to exist before you issue the mount command. A typical place for USB drives to be mounted is /media. If there is already a mount point in /media you can check it by listing the directory contents of media.  

  mount /dev/sdb1 /media/usbdrive

  mount /dev/sdb1 /media/usbdrive

  ls -lh /media/usbdrive/

  ls -lh /media/usbdrive/

Unmount the drive before unplugging it with

Unmount the drive before unplugging it with