MAW
2008-06-09, 11:19 AM CDT
Hi, new user here, so I hope this isn't a dupe (I did do an extensive search before joining!)...
I have a FC9 x64 machine with an external USB hard drive connected for nightly backups. It is formatted ext3 and exists at /dev/sdc1, mounted at /media/backup. The drive is permanently present, but I'm leery of using fstab to auto-mount it because I don't want the system to crash in the chance that the USB device is offline when the system reboots.
The system will most likely be headless, with ssh access primarily
So, what are my options for making sure that it mounts at boot, when present, and doesn't cause the system to panic when it is not present?
I have a FC9 x64 machine with an external USB hard drive connected for nightly backups. It is formatted ext3 and exists at /dev/sdc1, mounted at /media/backup. The drive is permanently present, but I'm leery of using fstab to auto-mount it because I don't want the system to crash in the chance that the USB device is offline when the system reboots.
The system will most likely be headless, with ssh access primarily
So, what are my options for making sure that it mounts at boot, when present, and doesn't cause the system to panic when it is not present?