[Debian-eeepc-devel] Mounting SD Card at boot time

[Michael Pobega]

On Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 10:58:17PM +0100, Conny wrote:
> Michael Pobega skrev:
> > I have an EeePC 901, and I have a problem with my SD card not mounting
> > at bootup; my SD card is only recognized JUST AFTER my file systems are
> > mounted.
> > 
> > I'm wondering if there is some sort of trick to have my SD card
> > recognized earlier in the boot sequence? 
> > 
>   Mount it in fstab.
> 
> This is  done from the terminal/shell with root access (sudo)
> Make shure you know where the card is,  something like /dev/sdxx.
> Figure it out with the command: fdisk -l
> Then the command: mkdir /media/MMCSD (you can replace MMCSD with what 
> ever you like)
> 
> Put these lines at the end of the file /etc/fstab with the command: 
> gedit /etc/fstab
> 
> /dev/sdb1 /media/MMCSD auto user,umask=1000,auto,exec,rw 0 0
>             |__your device may be different
> 
> Save fstab and run the command: mount -a (with the SD card in the reader)
> Every time you boot up the card is mounted in /media/MMCSD
> 
> If you don't have the folder /media just replace it with /mnt or some 
> other folder on you harddrive.
> 

I know how to mount a partition; I have my fstab set up already. The
problem, if you had actually read my initial email, is that my SD card
isn't recognized until after my fstab partitions are mounted, thus
making my fstab entries useless. But thanks for trying.

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