On 02/04/2010 03:36 PM, Robert Nichols wrote:
...
> Be sure to put a timeout in that loop lest it hang
> forever if that external device is absent.
>
Yes, I have added the following:
for (( times = 1; times < 120; times++ )); do
echo Wait for /dev/sdb1 $times
if [ -b /dev/sdb1 ]; then
break;
fi
sleep 1
done
I should perhaps add some more lines that
comments out the /dev/sdb1 line from fstab
if the drive doesn't show up in 120 secs.
Mogens
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