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Gave better formatting to echo output in script.
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:
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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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.
=====Run fdisk on the Drive=====
=====Run fdisk on the Drive=====
=====Format The Drive=====
=====Format The Drive=====
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:
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 ext4 -L usbdrive /dev/sdb1
mkfs.ext3 -L usbdrive /dev/sdb1
=====Mount The Drive=====
=====Mount The Drive=====