On Jan 29, 2008 12:24 AM, Chris  wrote:

quoted text
> I am trying to use hotplugd(8) to mount my USB flash drive (/dev/sd1i)

> automatically in /mn/flash when I plug it it. I enabled hotplugd in

> /etc/rc.conf.local and wrote the following script (chmod +x bit set)

>

> #!/bin/sh

>

>            DEVCLASS=

>            DEVNAME=

>

>            case $DEVCLASS in

>            2)

>                    # disk devices

>

>                    disklabel=`/sbin/disklabel $DEVNAME 2>&1 | \

>                            sed -n '/^label: /s/^label: //p'`

>                    case $disklabel in

>                    flash)

>                            # flash drive

>                            mount /dev/"$DEVNAME"i /mnt/flash

>                            ;;

>                    esac

>                    ;;

>            3)

>                    # network devices

>

>                    /sbin/dhclient $DEVNAME

>

>                    ;;

>            esac

>

> I can mount the flash drive fine with mount /dev/sd1i /mnt/flash

>

> Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.

I figured (from /var/log/messages) that the flash drive is mounted as

"JetFlash" so I changed the script to reflect this and still no luck.

Following the /var/log/message after the flash drive is plugged in and

also the new modified script.
Jan 29 19:40:44 red /bsd: sd1 detached

Jan 29 19:40:44 red /bsd: scsibus2 detached

Jan 29 19:40:44 red /bsd: umass0 detached

Jan 29 19:40:47 red /bsd: umass0 at uhub0 port 2 configuration 1 interface 0

Jan 29 19:40:47 red /bsd:

Jan 29 19:40:47 red /bsd: umass0: JetFlash Mass Storage Device, rev

2.00/1.41, addr 2

Jan 29 19:40:47 red /bsd: umass0: using SCSI over Bulk-Only

Jan 29 19:40:47 red /bsd: scsibus2 at umass0: 2 targets

Jan 29 19:40:47 red /bsd: sd1 at scsibus2 targ 1 lun 0:  SCSI2 0/direct removable

Jan 29 19:40:47 red /bsd: sd1: 7799MB, 994 cyl, 255 head, 63 sec, 512

bytes/sec, 15974398 sec total
 #!/bin/sh
            DEVCLASS=$1

            DEVNAME=$2
            case $DEVCLASS in

            2)

                    # disk devices
                    disklabel=`/sbin/disklabel $DEVNAME 2>&1 | \

                            sed -n '/^label: /s/^label: //p'`

                    case $disklabel in

                    JetFlash)

                            # flash drive

                            mount /dev/"$DEVNAME"i /mnt/flash

                            ;;

                    esac

                    ;;

            3)

                    # network devices
                    /sbin/dhclient $DEVNAME
                    ;;

            esac
Is there anything I am doing wrong? Thanks for any help.