At Fri, 26 Mar 2010 10:14:59 +1100 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote: > > > adjust the following to your needs > > /dev/sdd1 /mnt/usb ext3 dev,auto,nouser,rw,sync 0 0 > > > Just be careful on boot up, I had trouble on boot when the drive > was already connected ... it wasnt recognized. I had to put up a boot > delay onto the kernel command line to make sure the drivers > where all awake when the mounts occur. The OP might also want to label the file system and use the 'LABEL=' option instead of /dev/sd<mumble> -- this will allow things to work properly in the event that the USB drive gets mapped to a different SCSI id for some reason (maybe someone put in a thumb drive or camera or something). > > Jobst > > > > > On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 03:52:29PM -0700, Bazooka Joe (fastfish at gmail.com) wrote: > > I have a server with no desktop - just cli that i need to have a user > > plug in a usb hd and would like it to automount to a consistent > > directory so I can schedule a backup. The user can rotate the usb > > drives and it all just works. > > > > Any ideas how automate so that say /media/backup mounts to any usb > > harddrive and unmounts cleanly? > > > > -thx > > bazooka > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS at centos.org > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 Deepwoods Software -- Download the Model Railroad System http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Binaries for Linux and MS-Windows heller at deepsoft.com -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ModelRailroadSystem/