[Linux-disciples] External USB drive

[Adam Rosi-Kessel]

Yeah, I'd be interested if you find a solution for the mount-at-boot vs. 
mount after login. I tend to not plug in any external drives until after 
logging in for that reason.

Karl Sokol wrote:
> Linux ubuntu 2.6.20-16-386 #2 Fri Aug 31 00:51:58 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux
> 
> Thanks, I am still sort of working on this.  When I plug this drive in, 
> it frequently does mount automatically.  When I start the computer with 
> it plugged in, I have to dmesg, change the fstab ( e.g. sda1 to sdb1), 
> and sudo mount.  Hal etc. is installed.  All relevant ntfs tools are 
> installed.  pmount didn't seem to make a difference.  I am looking into 
> "addressing the device by label rather than node".   
> 
> It seems like it is fine for a day or two, and then I get read/write 
> problems.  I am following other lists on this topic and I'll report back 
> when everything is working smoothly.  Thanks.
> 
> -- 
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> Rev. Karl Sokol
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