Subj : /etc/fstab auto not auto-mounting
To   : comp.os.linux
From : AA
Date : Thu Dec 02 2004 10:27 am

I just setup a new FC3 box. I have two external firewire drives I am 
trying to automount. I edited my /etc/fstab file to add these two lines:

/dev/sda1 /mnt/capture vfat auto,defaults,umask=000 0 0
/dev/sdb1 /mnt/removable vfat auto,defaults,umask=000 0 0

....and i verified that this works by issuing a "mount -a" which 
successfully mounted the drives. However, when I reboot they are not 
automatically mounted. After I have booted I can once again do "mount 
-a" and they get mounted. I suspect that perhaps the two drives are not 
being recognized by the operating system before it tries to mount them.

Has anyone seen this problem? If my theory is right, how can I delay the 
mount during the boot sequence to give it enough time to recognize the 
drives?

Thanks.

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