How to get a USB hard disk to mount on boot

[Luciano Miguel Ferreira Rocha]

On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 02:26:06PM -0500, Bob Chiodini wrote:
> One way, build the appropriate modules into the initrd.

Like this:

mkinitrd -f -v --preload sd_mod --preload ehci-hcd --preload usb-uhci \
      --preload usb-ohci --preload usb-storage \
      /boot/initrd-2.4.22-1.2163.nptl.img 2.4.22-1.2163.nptl

Change 2.4.22-1.2163.nptl for your kernel version.


Or, add an entry for the usb disc to /etc/auto.misc and activate the
autofs service.

Regards,
Luciano Rocha