USB disk mount order

[Kenny]

Hello, i've got an usb pendrive and an external hd for storage, both attached to the asus. The pendrive has all the system stuff and should be mounted before the external hd, but when i reboot the router, it mounts the hd first and then the pendrive, so i cannot access to my apps and services. Is there a way to fix this?

[raas]

Hi Kenny,

you can control this in fstab (/etc/fstab)
See the example below:

#device                 Mountpoint      FStype  Options         Dump    Pass#
/dev/discs/disc0/part1  none            swap    sw              0       0
/dev/discs/disc0/part2  /opt            ext3    rw,noatime      1       1
/dev/discs/disc0/part3  /mnt		ext3    rw,noatime      1       1

as for the 'initializing' -order.
In my experience the bottom-usb-port is accessed first (/dev/discs/disc0), then, the upper-usb-porst is access last (/dev/discs/disc1)

HTH

[Kenny]

hi, this is my fstab:

#device                 Mountpoint      FStype  Options         Dump    Pass#
/dev/discs/disc0/part1  none            swap    sw              0       0
/dev/discs/disc0/part2  /opt            ext3    rw,noatime      1       1
/dev/discs/disc0/part3  /tmp/harddisk   ext3    rw,noatime      1       1

I've tried switching usb ports, no luck

[al37919]

if both devices are always plugged in your system, and hdd is always detected first, why not use for the flash:

/dev/discs/disc1/part1  none            swap    sw              0       0
/dev/discs/disc1/part2  /opt            ext3    rw,noatime      1       1
/dev/discs/disc1/part3  /tmp/harddisk   ext3    rw,noatime      1       1 

[Kenny]

thank you very much, it works!