factin wrote: > I did those. > > fdisk /dev/sdb the USB hdd into 2 partitions, > mke2fs -j /dev/sdb1 to format the 2nd partition of HDD into ext3 > mke2fs -j /dev/sdb2 to format the 1st partition of HDD into ext3 > mount -t ext3 /dev/sdb1 /media/usb2 to mount the 2nd partition of HDD > mount -t ext3 /dev/sdb2 /media/usb3 to mount the 1st partition of > HDD( I name it 1st as it start from the 1st cyclind) > nano /etc/fstab > to add the last line manually "/dev/sdb2 /media/usb3 auto > rw,user,noauto 0 0"
I've copied the list address back in, as someone here might provide better advice/suggestions than me. (A little strange that sdb1 is the second partition on the hard disk, and sdb2 is the first but I'll try and not get confused) > I don't know if this fstab is OK, sda5 is the second partition of > flashdrive, used as swap. why the /dev/sda5 use /media/usb1 mount > point, it is in the same flashdrive as /dev/sda1, and attach to the same > USB port, should they use the same mount point? I 'm not sure why /dev/sda5 is mounted at /media/usb1 - but I've got the same entry on my slug. I wouldn't worry too much about it, as the option is set to noauto, so it's not going to be mounted there (I would guess this is used by the debian installer) > Both ext3 partitions of HDD are already mounted. But the disk 2 LED is > still off. Is the USB hard disk plugged into a USB hub and then connected to the slug? If so, this is why the lights on the LED are not lit the way you expect. > While the disk1 LED is always on, the flashdrive is attached there. By > this instruction, the disk 2 LED should be on. Is there sth wrong? > http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-nslu2-utils/trunk/debian/README.Debian?op=file > > My current fstab is > > # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> > proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 > /dev/sda1 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 > /dev/sda5 none swap sw 0 0 > /dev/sda1 /media/usb0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0 > /dev/sda5 /media/usb1 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0 > /dev/sdb1 /media/usb2 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0 > /dev/sdb2 /media/usb3 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0 you've created the two partitions on sdb and are currently mounting them at /media/usb2 and /media/usb3. I would set the 0 at the end of each mount line to 1, and also change the options to defaults,errors=remount-ro which will mount the partitions at startup. You might also want to think about where to mount the partitions... e.g. /home tends to be quite popular :-) Jon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
