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From: Robert Fitzpatrick <lists@webtent.net>
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Subject: Re: Auto mount/unmount USB hard drive
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On Tue, 2006-05-09 at 02:00 +0200, Joerg Pernfuss wrote:
> On Mon, 08 May 2006 19:40:44 -0400
> Robert Fitzpatrick <lists@webtent.net> wrote:
> 
> > I have a USB hard drive mounting and working fine. I have the
> > following entry in /etc/fstab that allows it to work on boot. The
> > device loads as /dev/da4. But if I disconnect without unmounting the
> > device, it detaches, but when plugged back in, it receives a new
> > device as /dev/da5, which is not what is in fstab of course, yada,
> > yada, yada. Is there a way I can get it to automatically
> > mount/unmount the drive while working under the same device id as I
> > unplug and plug back in?
> > 
> > /dev/da4s1     /mnt/usb        msdos   rw,noauto       0       0
> 
> If the msdosfs has a label, you could load geom_label.ko and use sth
> like
> 
> /dev/msdosfs/usbdisk	/mnt/usb	msdos	rw,noauto	0	0
> 

Sorry for the direct message Joerg, I am resending this to the list.
Thanks, but how do I label the msdosfs? I assume something similar to
tunefs for UFS, but I don't see a label option for msdosfs.

-- 
Robert