Where and when does my partitions get mounted?

[Arise]

All my partitions are automounted at startup, which is a good thing, but mounted in the wrong place, which is not such a good thing.

Right now, in my post-mount file I have:

umount /tmp/harddisk/part1
umount /tmp/harddisk/part2
umount /tmp/harddisk/part3
umount /tmp/harddisk 

mkdir /tmp/harddisk/part1
mkdir /tmp/harddisk/part5
mkdir /tmp/harddisk/part6
mkdir /tmp/harddisk/part7

mount /dev/discs/disc0/part1 /tmp/harddisk/part1
mount /dev/discs/disc0/part5 /tmp/harddisk/part5
mount /dev/discs/disc0/part6 /tmp/harddisk/part6
mount /dev/discs/disc0/part7 /tmp/harddisk/part7

... which is kinda lame to unmount then remount the partition to the right place.
How to mount the partitions to the right place from beginning?


BTW, if it helps, I have the following lines in my post-boot script:

if [ ! -d /dev/discs ]
then
insmod scsi_mod && insmod sd_mod && insmod usb-storage && sleep 5s
fi


#Wait for /opt to mount
mount /dev/discs/disc0/part4 /opt
i=0
while [ $i -le 30 ]
do
if [ -d /opt/etc ]
then
break
fi
sleep 1
i=`expr $i + 1`
done

# Activate swap
swapon /dev/discs/disc0/part3

[raas]

Hi,

I think, like you've mounted partition4 in the post-boot script, you should mount the other partitions the same way.. (without the wait)

so after you have mounted part 4 and set up the swap-space, use something like

mount /dev/discs/disc0/part1 /opt1 #(or another place to mount)
mount /dev/discs/disc0/part5 /opt5 #(or another place to mount)
mount /dev/discs/disc0/part6 /opt6 #(or another place to mount)
mount /dev/discs/disc0/part7 /opt7 #(or another place to mount)

btw.. why do you unmount the 3rd partition? you're using it as a swap-space.. I don't think this can be unmounted using the command you have posted..

[Arise]

I'm not umounting the swap partition, I umount /tmp/harddisk/part3. This is not the swap.

I tried to mount them after the swap (so after the waiting part) but with no succes.

If I do it before mounting opt should I have more succes?

Also, I still don't know the answer to my question... who is mounting them in the wrong place and ... why?

[tj_spark]

Hi,

I have the same problem with my wl-500gP.

My guess is that there is some automounting after the usb-storage module was loaded during the boot process but I can't find anything useful in that direction.

Up to now I am doing the "umount -> mount" procedure like you, too.

When I find out something I will post it here... seems we are not the only ones with that

[newbiefan]

Well SCSI hotplug is mounting your device. It is very useful when a stick or any storage device is plugged to the asus at runtime. And It's easy to mount them before the automount, just do it in your post-boot.
Anyhow, it looks ugly, but will work.
I would try the following:

#!/bin/sh
# post-boot
if [ ! -d /dev/discs ]
then
insmod scsi_mod && insmod sd_mod && insmod usb-storage #no delay
fi

#Wait for /opt to mount
mount /dev/discs/disc0/part4 /opt
i=0
while [ $i -le 10 ]
do
if [ -d /opt/etc ]
then
break
fi
sleep 1
i=`expr $i + 1`
done

#activate swap
swapon /dev/discs/disc0/part3


if [ ! -d /tmp/harddisk/part1 ] # when dir does not exist
then
mkdir /tmp/harddisk/part1
fi
mount /dev/discs/disc0/part1 /tmp/harddisk/part1

if [ ! -d /tmp/harddisk/part5 ] # when dir does not exist
then
mkdir /tmp/harddisk/part5
fi
mount /dev/discs/disc0/part5 /tmp/harddisk/part5

if [ ! -d /tmp/harddisk/part6 ] # when dir does not exist
then
mkdir /tmp/harddisk/part6
fi
mount /dev/discs/disc0/part6 /tmp/harddisk/part6

if [ ! -d /tmp/harddisk/part7 ] # when dir does not exist
then
mkdir /tmp/harddisk/part7
fi
mount /dev/discs/disc0/part7 /tmp/harddisk/part7
i=0
while [ $i -le 10 ]
do
if [ -d /tmp/harddisk/part7 ]
then
break
fi
sleep 1
i=`expr $i + 1`
done
# do here what you need

have fun..

[al37919]

To avoid auto mount just disable stupid-ftpd in the web-IF.

[thE_29]

Doenst work for me..

I disabled stupid-ftpd and it automounts.. (i started it manualy, is this maybe the automount?)

[tj_spark]

I did disable NFS,FTP and SAMBA in the Web Interface, then configured Samba2 like the tutorials suggested and the automounting reoccured none the less...

But I think I fixed this problem by unset'ing the nvram options concerning the mountpoints in question, eg. /tmp/harddisk.

( nvram show | grep /tmp/harddisk )

The router is up and running since Saturday (4 days uptime) and the problem never occured again.

TJ

[thE_29]

Which parameter did you change or which version do you have?

I have no parameter which includes /tmp/harddisk or harddisk