Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 01:59:21 +0000 From: Daniel Bye <freebsd-questions@slightlystrange.org> To: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: automount external usb hard drive? Message-ID: <20060215015920.GB69337@catflap.slightlystrange.org> In-Reply-To: <20060215010144.99360.qmail@web60018.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20060215010144.99360.qmail@web60018.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Tue, Feb 14, 2006 at 08:01:44PM -0500, Peter wrote:
> Hi, is it possible to have an external USB hard drive automounted once
> connected? =20
It certainly is - you need to create a hook for for your device in
/etc/usbd.conf. To find out the required details, run usbd from the
command line:
# /etc/rc.d/usbd stop
# usbd -dv
Connect your device, and take a note of the values for the device-attach
event. For example, this is what I get when connecting a Disgo Lite USB
key drive.
usbd: device-attach event at 1139967116.311696000, disgo, vendor 0x08ec:
vndr=3D0x08ec prdct=3D0x0008 rlse=3D0x0100 clss=3D0x0000 subclss=3D0x0000=
prtcl=3D0x0000
device names: umass0
This is what the corresponding entry in /etc/usbd.conf looks like:
device "Disgo Lite USB Key"
devname "umass[0-9]+"
vendor 0x08ec
product 0x0008
release 0x0100
attach "sleep 3; mount -t msdosfs /dev/`camcontrol devlist | awk
'/disgo/ {print $NF}' | sed -e 's/(\(.*\))/\1s1/'` /mnt/disgo"
Note the "attach" command must be one continuous line - you can't break
up long commands to prettify the file. The attach command here works for=
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me - you might need something else, depending on your specific=20
requirements. For example, if you regularly attach more than one
storage device, you will certainly want a smarter way of handling them!
Of course, you will need to make sure you explicitly unmount the file
system before detaching the device.
man usbd, man usbd.conf and man camcontrol for more details.
Dan
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