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#1 2008-11-25 18:37:51
- brisbin33
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Udev rules to auto-mnt/unmnt usb drives - if/then and use of labels?
Hi All,
i've been using the udev auto-mounting approach outlined in the udev wiki for auto-mounting/un-mounting my USB drives. i have 1-2 drives that are rarely disconnected, 2-3 that i hook up fairly often, then still 4 or 5 more little flash drives i use interchangeably. i want to adjust my udev rules to accommodate all of these scenarios and any combination there of.
as of right now; any usb drive i hot-plug will mount on /media/usb_sdXX where XX is b1, c1, d1, e1, etc. i want any random flash drive i may be using to continue in this scheme. this rule as it is today acts on all kernel sd[b-z][0-9] (because my fixed internal drive is sda).
what i plan to do is give some of my drives labels (quick/easy with e2label or tune2fs), after that i want my udev rule to do this:
if: drive has a label, then: mount to /media/LABEL
else: mount to /media/usb_sdXX (i.e. run my current rule as-is)
while still preserving the nice auto mkdir/rmdir feature i have now.
is this possible, appropriate?
i appreciate any help.
edit: my current udev-usb rules file here
Last edited by brisbin33 (2008-11-25 19:17:12)
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#2 2008-11-25 23:03:07
- phrakture
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Re: Udev rules to auto-mnt/unmnt usb drives - if/then and use of labels?
Actually, I was planning on doing something similar. It might be easiest to make your own "mountusb" script that will take a device path as an argument, and mount it appropriately in /media/. Then just latch it into your udev rule instead of using mount.
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#3 2008-11-25 23:18:44
- brisbin33
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Re: Udev rules to auto-mnt/unmnt usb drives - if/then and use of labels?
that's not a bad idea at all actually. i'm also considering moving everything to an internal+fstab approach (microcenter's got cheap 1TB drives) and keep those rules as-is just for random usb keys. i'd be interested though if you do come up with a script; i'll post mine if i do it too.
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