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List:       ltsp-developer
Subject:    Re: [Ltsp-developer] USB drives, hotplugging
From:       Joshua N Pritikin <jpritikin () pobox ! com>
Date:       2005-03-16 3:11:05
Message-ID: 1110941945.3907.3.camel () emit ! nirmalvihar ! info
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On Tue, 2005-03-15 at 16:59 -0600, Marc DeTrano wrote:
> I see using USB keys with LTSP 4.1, following the localdev 
> documentation, works very nicely.  I am using scripts to mount the drive 
> via samba when a user logs in (no automounter).   The only drawback is 
> that if the usb key is not connected when the station boots, it will 
> never be seen.  I am presuming the only chance to load the usb modules 
> and create the /dev node is happening at boot.  Does anyone know of a 
> way where the usb key can be attached to and removed from a running 
> station and have everything show up correctly--much like using any other 
> kind of removeable media?  Anyone working on this?

The problem is that the automounter needs a device to bind to.  You can
create a separate directory, say /dev-extra, and add the USB device,
probably /dev/sda*.  The key is to use mknod, not devfs.  Then it should
work.


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