Comments on: Mounting Removable Drives At Boot In eeeXubuntu http://blog.symbiotic-development.com/2008/05/05/mounting-removable-drives-at-boot-in-eeexubuntu/ Evolving Together Fri, 09 Apr 2010 07:50:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Symon Rottem http://blog.symbiotic-development.com/2008/05/05/mounting-removable-drives-at-boot-in-eeexubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-166 Symon Rottem Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:26:30 +0000 http://blog.symbiotic-development.com/2008/05/05/mounting-removable-drives-at-boot-in-eeexubuntu/#comment-166 @Mike: It's been working like a charm and yes, we stream media from the USB drives without trouble. The machine itself is one of the older 700 series with 4Gb flash disk and 512Mb RAM. More than good enough for what we're using it for, however. @Mike:

It’s been working like a charm and yes, we stream media from the USB drives without trouble. The machine itself is one of the older 700 series with 4Gb flash disk and 512Mb RAM. More than good enough for what we’re using it for, however.

]]> By: Michael http://blog.symbiotic-development.com/2008/05/05/mounting-removable-drives-at-boot-in-eeexubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-165 Michael Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:20:37 +0000 http://blog.symbiotic-development.com/2008/05/05/mounting-removable-drives-at-boot-in-eeexubuntu/#comment-165 Hi there, Thanks for your excellent posts, I've also come to the same conclusion as you have (but I hadn't thought of the battery backup aspect, which is a good point). How has it worked for you over the last few months and have you played any movie type files from its attached USB drives to one of your wireless notebooks?? I have been disappointed that my Apple Airport Express doesn't have the disk I/O to network I/O grunt to supply movie files from its attached USB external drive. Hence I am trying to figure out if an eeePC will work. Also, which model did you get? Thanks, Mike Hi there,

Thanks for your excellent posts, I’ve also come to the same conclusion as you have (but I hadn’t thought of the battery backup aspect, which is a good point). How has it worked for you over the last few months and have you played any movie type files from its attached USB drives to one of your wireless notebooks?? I have been disappointed that my Apple Airport Express doesn’t have the disk I/O to network I/O grunt to supply movie files from its attached USB external drive. Hence I am trying to figure out if an eeePC will work. Also, which model did you get?
Thanks, Mike

]]> By: loo http://blog.symbiotic-development.com/2008/05/05/mounting-removable-drives-at-boot-in-eeexubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-163 loo Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:34:35 +0000 http://blog.symbiotic-development.com/2008/05/05/mounting-removable-drives-at-boot-in-eeexubuntu/#comment-163 Hey Boss -- Just wanted you to know that I'm planning on using a EEE PC for the same purpose (low-cost, low power server with built-in display and peripherals) and I've taken some inspirations from your posts on the topic. Thanks for documenting your discoveries so well! Hey Boss — Just wanted you to know that I’m planning on using a EEE PC for the same purpose (low-cost, low power server with built-in display and peripherals) and I’ve taken some inspirations from your posts on the topic. Thanks for documenting your discoveries so well!

]]> By: Symon Rottem http://blog.symbiotic-development.com/2008/05/05/mounting-removable-drives-at-boot-in-eeexubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-124 Symon Rottem Tue, 06 May 2008 08:21:17 +0000 http://blog.symbiotic-development.com/2008/05/05/mounting-removable-drives-at-boot-in-eeexubuntu/#comment-124 @jokin Since auto is the default option and I don't have it included it should have auto-mounted the drive but didn't. I suspect it's because the mount performed during the startup process occurs before the removable media has been detected - hence my decision to do the mount in the rc.local at the end after I know the devices have been detected. @jokin
Since auto is the default option and I don’t have it included it should have auto-mounted the drive but didn’t. I suspect it’s because the mount performed during the startup process occurs before the removable media has been detected – hence my decision to do the mount in the rc.local at the end after I know the devices have been detected.

]]> By: jokin http://blog.symbiotic-development.com/2008/05/05/mounting-removable-drives-at-boot-in-eeexubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-116 jokin Mon, 05 May 2008 22:38:10 +0000 http://blog.symbiotic-development.com/2008/05/05/mounting-removable-drives-at-boot-in-eeexubuntu/#comment-116 just for clarification, and because I edited the fstab entry of the first comment and left baddly formated, the fstab reference: http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/fstab.html 4th column: Mount options > The fourth column in fstab lists all the mount options for the device or partition. This is also the most confusing column in the fstab file, but knowing what some of the most common options mean, saves you from a big headache. Yes, there are many options available, but I'll take a look at the most widely used ones only. For more information, check out the man page of mount. auto and noauto With the auto option, the device will be mounted automatically (at bootup, just like I told you a bit earlier, or when you issue the mount -a command). auto is the default option. If you don't want the device to be mounted automatically, use the noauto option in /etc/fstab. With noauto, the device can be mounted only explicitly. just for clarification, and because I edited the fstab entry of the first comment and left baddly formated, the fstab reference:
http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/fstab.html

4th column: Mount options >
The fourth column in fstab lists all the mount options for the device or partition. This is also the most confusing column in the fstab file, but knowing what some of the most common options mean, saves you from a big headache. Yes, there are many options available, but I’ll take a look at the most widely used ones only. For more information, check out the man page of mount.
auto and noauto With the auto option, the device will be mounted automatically (at bootup, just like I told you a bit earlier, or when you issue the mount -a command). auto is the default option. If you don’t want the device to be mounted automatically, use the noauto option in /etc/fstab. With noauto, the device can be mounted only explicitly.

]]> By: jokin http://blog.symbiotic-development.com/2008/05/05/mounting-removable-drives-at-boot-in-eeexubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-115 jokin Mon, 05 May 2008 22:33:12 +0000 http://blog.symbiotic-development.com/2008/05/05/mounting-removable-drives-at-boot-in-eeexubuntu/#comment-115 it's not more easier to put the "auto" flag to the fstab entry? like in the cdrom entries: /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom auto ro,user,exec 0 0 it’s not more easier to put the “auto” flag to the fstab entry?
like in the cdrom entries:
/dev/cdrom /media/cdrom auto ro,user,exec 0 0

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