automount seems not to work

[CB]

On Sun, 2004-09-19 at 20:24, Ted Kaczmarek wrote:
> On Sun, 2004-09-19 at 04:21, CB wrote:
> > I'm trying to automount a USB/firewire drive.
> > 
> > My /etc/auto.master contains:
> > 	/test   /etc/auto.test
> > 
> > And my /etc/auto.test contains:
> > 	test1         -fstype=ext3    :/dev/sda1
> > 
> > >From my HOWTO reading, I assume automount should now create /test/test1,
> > within which should be the contents of /dev/sda1. But when I plug in the
> > HD, although ls / does show the /test directory, /test itself is empty.
> > 
> > Running /sbin/service autofs status gives me:
> > 
> > Configured Mount Points:
> > ------------------------
> > /usr/sbin/automount --timeout=60 /test file /etc/auto.test
> >  
> > Active Mount Points:
> > --------------------
> > /usr/sbin/automount --timeout=60 /test file /etc/auto.test
> > 
> > 
> > I can mount /dev/sda1 manually (using mount -t ext3 etc) with no
> > problems, but the automount doesn't seem to do anything.
> > 
> > Any suggestions?
> Interesting, for kicks what happens if you add an entry to fstab with
> the modules loaded and than do a mount -a ?
> 
> Ted

Is it significant that my /etc/auto.test file refers to ext3, but the
reported error from automount mentions ext2? Is there something wrong
with this line in my auto.test?:

	test1         -fstype=ext3    :/dev/sda1