Removable HDD Password Problem

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Hi there,

I recently converted an oldish XP box into a samba file server running 11.2 32-bit. Everything including the RAID1 works beautifully, and the 5 users say that the network folder have never worked quicker… Awesome.

However the backup is giving me gray hairs, and I need some advice on how to overcome this.

For the backups, we use a 3,5" removable HDD (One of those that require you to shut the computer down, slide in place, and turn a key to activate…). After booting up with the drive in place, I need to go into Dolphin and physically click on the drive before it will activate! By activate, I mean that it then pops up a window wanting the Admin password before allowing me to access the drive.

All this would be fine if I did all the backups manually, but I am trying to use “Back In Time” to schedule the backups to run on a Friday Afternoon once everyone has left…

Anybody got any advice for me please.

Dredger.

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Dredger wrote:
> For the backups, we use a 3,5" removable HDD (One of those that require
> you to shut the computer down, slide in place, and turn a key to
> activate…). After booting up with the drive in place, I need to go
> into Dolphin and physically click on the drive before it will activate!
> By activate, I mean that it then pops up a window wanting the Admin
> password before allowing me to access the drive.

You’ll want to set up the file system to be mounted at boot by adding a
corresponing line to /etc/fstab. The YaST Module “Partitioner” can help
you with that.

With kind regards,
Andreas Stieger

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Thanks Andreas,

I will be adding that line this morning and giving it a bash… I was beginning to stress about this, and an glad that there is a way around it.

Dredger