[WBEL-users] question on Automount
Loyd
loydwho@hotmail.com
Sat, 15 May 2004 00:50:22 -0700
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I'm having trouble with my new White Box install. I'm trying to get two =
fat32 volumes to mount so I can share them via SMB.
They won't mount automatically, like in other distributions so I did =
some research and found out I can use /etc/fstab or Automount, which is =
also called Autofs?. Is that right?
I read that the fstab option is a drain on system resources so I decided =
to go the Automount route. Upon reading further however It seems to me =
that Automount is for removable media. I don't need a timeout option to =
mount a filesystem on a HDD, right? but I would need it for a CD-Rom.
So I was wondering if I could make an additional line in auto.master to =
refer to a different config file for a different timeout settings.
I've detailed it below and haven't implemented it so let me know if =
there are any errors or If I'm going about this all wrong.
I've discovered that there is an unending supply of documentation on =
Linux, but it all seems to come from the same source, and it either =
doesn't explain things enough or is overly detailed. Most of it seems =
to be documentation for people who already know Linux.
Current config (commented out)
auto.master
/auto /etc/auto.misc --timeout=3D60
auto.misc.
cd -fstype=3Diso9660,ro,nosuid,nodev :/dev/cdrom
volumes -fstype=3Dvfat :/dev/hdg1
media -fstype=3Dvfat :/dev/hdk1
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What I'd like to do
auto.master:
/auto /etc/auto.misc --timeout=3D60
/auto /etc/auto.smb=20
auto.misc:
cd -fstype=3Diso9660,ro,nosuid,nodev :/dev/cdrom
auto.smb:
volumes -fstype=3Dvfat :/dev/hdg1
media -fstype=3Dvfat :/dev/hdk1
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I'm having trouble with my new White =
Box=20
install. I'm trying to get two fat32 volumes to mount so I can =
share them=20
via SMB.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>They won't mount automatically, like in =
other=20
distributions so I did some research and found out I can use /etc/fstab =
or=20
Automount, which is also called Autofs?. Is that =
right?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I read that the fstab option is a drain =
on system=20
resources so I decided to go the Automount route. Upon reading =
further=20
however It seems to me that Automount is for removable media. I don't =
need a=20
timeout option to mount a filesystem on a HDD, right? but I would =
need it=20
for a CD-Rom.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>So I was wondering if I could make an =
additional=20
line in auto.master to refer to a different config file for a different =
timeout=20
settings.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I've detailed it below and haven't =
implemented it=20
so let me know if there are any errors or If I'm going about this all=20
wrong.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I've discovered that there is an =
unending=20
supply of documentation on Linux, but it all seems to come from the =
same=20
source, and it either doesn't explain things enough or is overly =
detailed. =20
Most of it seems to be documentation for people who already know=20
Linux.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><STRONG>Current config (commented=20
out)</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>auto.master</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>/auto /etc/auto.misc --timeout=3D60</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial><FONT face=3D"Courier =
New">auto.misc</FONT></FONT><FONT=20
face=3D"Times New Roman">.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2>cd -fstype=3Diso9660,ro,nosuid,nodev :/dev/cdrom=
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2>volumes =20
-fstype=3Dvfat :/dev/hdg1<BR>media &nbs=
p; =20
-fstype=3Dvfat :/dev/hdk1</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
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size=3D2>--------------------------------------------------------</FONT><=
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><STRONG>What I'd like to =
do</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>auto.master:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>/auto /etc/auto.misc --timeout=3D60</DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>/auto /etc/<FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>auto.smb</FONT> =
</DIV></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial><FONT face=3D"Courier =
New">auto.misc:</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2>cd -fstype=3Diso9660,ro,nosuid,nodev :/dev/cdrom=
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Courier New">auto.smb:</FONT></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2>volumes =20
-fstype=3Dvfat :/dev/hdg1<BR>media &nbs=
p; =20
-fstype=3Dvfat :/dev/hdk1</FONT></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY=
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