Subj : Re: /etc/fstab auto not auto-mounting
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Jerry McBride
Date : Sat Dec 11 2004 09:15 pm

AA wrote:

> 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.

Could be that the sata driver is loaded AFTER the mount command?

If that doesn't lead you to a fix (compile sata driver into kernel) then add
the mount commands to the local.start file (gentoo)... That would work.

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