Re: Why doesn't automount follow my fstab entries?
From: Chris Cox (ccox_nopenotthis_at_airmail.net)
Date: 12/20/04
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Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 15:49:10 -0600
flatfish+++ wrote:
> I have an entry in my fstab file for a firewire device (iPod) like this:
>
> /dev/sda2 /media/ipod subfs fs=vfat,procuid,nodev,nosuid 0 0
>
> From a cold booted system, if I plug in the iPod it mounts it on
> /media/ipod and it works fine.
>
> However, if I disconnect it and plug it back in again, it gets mounted
> here:
>
> /dev/sda2 on /media/ieee1394-000a270002bd2ad7-0-0p2 type subfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,sync,procuid,iocharset=utf8)
>
> If I manually mount it to /media/ipod before I plug it in then it seems to
> not try and mount it to the /media/ieeemmmmmmmxx etc directory.
>
> Any idea what is happening here and why Suse 9.2 only looks at my fstab
> entries the first time?
>
Has to do with hot plugging of devices. If you really want this to be
a hot pluggable device, I'd leave out the hard coded fstab entry and
let SUSE do its thing to manage the device.
Or am I missing something?
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