On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 04:24:34AM -0400, Zach wrote: > I just bought an external HDD enclosure for my old IDE disks so I can > attack to my laptop using USB. How do I set this up? I will not always > have the same IDE disk in there when I boot (there are 3 HDD) nor will > I even have the enclosure connected to my USB port every time I boot > up. So how do I handle this? I am running 2.6.18 kernel with udev (and > no I have no clue how to write udev rules and I hope kernel developers
If you have hal installed, you are not required to write any udev rules, and you may use pmount mount them or use gnome-volume-manager mount them automatically if you use gnome. > abandon udev foolishness in the future and return to devfs + some > extensions heh). What kernel modules will I need to load setup this > device and do I just add them to /etc/modules, run depmod -a and > reboot? And then lsmod to verify they were loaded and just plugin the > drive enclosure? Do I need create a special device for USB? I would you do not need manually load any modules at all in most condintions. > like /etc/fstab to automatically load the enclosure drive if it > detects it was attached on boot up. > > Zach -- Wang Xu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
