OK so i think that i have found out exactly what it is that is causing it not to automount. Even though i have the correct line in fstab when i drop out into the desktop environment it still requires me to use the command 'mount -a' before the harddrive become mounted. How could i go about adding this command into the boot up routines? Could i just add it to the fstab file or would i have to add it somewhere else?

Hi,
Show us the fstab line for the external usb drive.
Mike

The line i have in the fstab is as follows.

/dev/sda1 /myth/music vfat defaults,user,auto,showexec,umask=022 0 0

Thanks for the help guys, really apprecriate it.

Hi,

I am no where near being an expert but it looks as if the ext drive was powered up at boot time, it should come up properly. At least you are close, maybe a few searchs around google will get the final touch or a couple of hints.

Might even need / want a menu button to mount / umount the ext drive when you feel like a tune or two. That way you could spin it up when you felt like listening.

Mike

Mike,

The external drive is usually on 24/7 and it doesnt make any difference, i still have to click on the drive icon in konqueror or run "mount -a". What i need to be able to do is run the "mount -a" command during a boot script - preferably just before the myth frontend starts up. Which script (or even scripts) might i need to put this in?

Hi,

Try adding it into the bottom of bootmisc.sh
# echo "mount /myth/music" >> /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh will put it there. Somewhere there is probably a list that tells what to mount at boot tme, I just know where it might be.

Mike

I tried your idea along with 'mount -a' and still no joy. There has got to be some way of getting this sorted. Maybe it has something to do with the owner of the mounted drive. How might i go about checking this?

1) Is the drive actually getting mounted by the command in bootmisc.sh?


2) What are the permissions and ownership on the mounted directory tree after this?

Mike,

With regard to your comment on it being powered up at boot time - yes indeed it is, always on in fact. Tjc, ill try your idea in a bit but at the moment Bill & Ted is on TV

None of the commands should cause an disruption. They're purely diagnostic.

Ok so in my fstab file i have

/dev/sda1 /myth/music vfat defaults,user,auto,showexec,unmask=022 0 0

and in the bootmisc.sh file i have tried the following commands

mount
mount -a
sudo mount
sudo mount -a

If i run 'ls -al /myth/music' the folders in on the tree all have the following set of permissions

drwxr--r--

Does this help?

Many thanks

Rob

Ok, I am starting to see a disconnect occurring. A while back when you first started asking questions I gave some ideas on what you might do. Once you coughed up some of the details, we modified the needs.

If you executed the command
# echo "mount /myth/music" >> /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh
then the very last line of /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh should have listed mount /myth/music
If you do an less of that file you should be able to verify it is entered.
Then IF you had run tjc's code
grep mount /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh
mount
would have offered additional feedback.
Then you only offered part of the return from ls -al /myth/music
$64K question is who owns it?
Earlier I had suggested to run a couple of commands to set things up.
One is no longer needed because of the changes of mounting on /myth/music
# chown mythtv:mythtv /stick -- change the directory name to be /myth/music Mount the partition first then chown mythtv:mythtv /myth/music
while you are at it, add some permissions, Follow tjc's guidence on this if he offers some, but you can try this to get started.
# chmod 755 /myth/music
With the entry as you echoed back as listed in the fstab, it should be auto mounted by default.
Basicly, if we don't get good feedback then no one can offer much for assistance.
Mike

The full details I asked for would have been better, but I see a problem right there... Directories generally need +rx permissions.

Guys,

appologies for not giving you guys the exact details you wanted, this wasnt intentional - im a bit of a newbie so its a bit difficult at the moment for me to get to grips with what information is useful and what isnt. Please bear with my lack of linux knowledge, i do appreciate all the help. When i get home from work tonight ill try your ideas and pass on all of the details to you if i need more help.

Again thanks for all the help

Rob

If a manual "mount -a" does what you want, it probably isn't a permission issue.

It is possible bootmisc.sh is running before the USB disk has registered. For cases such as this, I have put some commands into ~mythtv/.fluxbox/apps. You should be able to figure out the exact format of this file by looking at it, it is pretty obvious. You need to add a startup command of "sudo mount -a".

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