[arch-general] After the recent linux kernel update booting fails if usb disks are present in /etc/fstab
C Anthony Risinger
anthony at xtfx.me
Mon Jun 6 15:05:11 EDT 2011
On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 2:00 PM, C Anthony Risinger <anthony at xtfx.me> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 10:26 AM, Javier Vasquez <j.e.vasquez.v at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 7:02 AM, Hector Martinez-Seara <hseara at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> The case is that we use usb external drives for storing data. It is
>>> likely not the most efficient way but is very very cheap. And yes they
>>> are plug 24/7. Anyway I will look for some post booting deamon that
>>> cant take care of them. Any idea anyone where to look for?
>>> Hector
>>
>> Autofs is what I use, you can use the UUIDs to mount specific
>> partitions at your will...
>
> yeah systemd does all this for me now, but before that i used autofs
> *alot* ... not only for this sort of thing but also FUSE stuff like
> sshfs/etc.
>
> it works well, though the config syntax can get a bit daunting. you
> can even use a multi-map to create more autofs mounts on the fly, and
> ultimately have a whole tree of auto-cleaned mounts.
>
> ... eg:
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> /app/tree /port-scm/inst-sync -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \
> /port-scm/root-srv -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \
> /port-scm/root-sync -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \
> /port-scm/user-srv -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \
> /port-scm/user-sync -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \
> /virt-mnt/inst-bin -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \
> /virt-mnt/inst-dev -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \
> /virt-mnt/inst-etc -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \
> /virt-mnt/inst-lib -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \
> /virt-mnt/inst-run -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \
> /virt-mnt/inst-tmp -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \
> /virt-mnt/inst-usr-share -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \
> /virt-mnt/inst-var-cache -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \
> /virt-mnt/inst-var-lib -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \
> /virt-mnt/inst-var-log -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \
> /virt-mnt/inst-var-tmp -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \
> /virt-mnt/root-bin -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \
> /virt-mnt/root-dev -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \
> /virt-mnt/root-etc -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \
> /virt-mnt/root-lib -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \
> /virt-mnt/root-run -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \
> /virt-mnt/root-tmp -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \
> /virt-mnt/root-usr-share -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \
> /virt-mnt/root-var-cache -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \
> /virt-mnt/root-var-lib -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \
> /virt-mnt/root-var-log -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \
> /virt-mnt/root-var-tmp -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \
> /virt-mnt/user-bin -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \
> /virt-mnt/user-dev -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \
> /virt-mnt/user-etc -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \
> /virt-mnt/user-lib -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \
> /virt-mnt/user-run -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \
> /virt-mnt/user-tmp -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \
> /virt-mnt/user-usr-share -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \
> /virt-mnt/user-var-cache -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \
> /virt-mnt/user-var-lib -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \
> /virt-mnt/user-var-log -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \
> /virt-mnt/user-var-tmp -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \
> /virt-srv/core-misc -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \
> /virt-srv/node-misc -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \
> /virt-srv/user-misc -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none \
> /virt-srv/util-misc -fstype=autofs,-browse :file:/none
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> ... i know thats a lot, but when someone accessed `/app/tree` for the
> first time that whole entire hierarchy would be mounted under it.
> autofs will auto-create/remove intermediate directories. other autofs
> *would* have been defined (all the `:file:/none` stuff) but i ended up
> moving to ayatemd exclusively because it %#$@-ing awesome and can do
> much much *much* more, in a clean and straightforward way.
>
> ... so you could always try installing/using that too :-)
ERATTA
... and by `ayatemd` i of course meant systemd :-)
curse my resistance to actually type after 15 years of computer
exposure! i can't stand keyboards ... this is the future:
http://geekhack.org/showwiki.php?title=Island:10077
... except wireless, lightweight, and maybe even non-physical via
Kinect-like technology ;-)
C Anthony
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