how to mount USB drive on system startup

[Zbigniew Szalbot]

Hello,

Odhiambo Washington:
> On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 10:45 AM, Zbigniew Szalbot
> <z.szalbot at lc-words.com> wrote:
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I am trying to make sure my USB hard drive will be available when system has
>> finished booting. So:
>> $ grep usbd /etc/rc.conf
>> usbd_enable="YES"
>>
>> and
>> $ grep backup /etc/fstab
>> /dev/ad3s1d     /backup ufs     rw      2       2
>>
>> But when I restart the system (FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE-p1), it complains that it
>> cannot mount /backup.
>>
>> mount: /backup: No such file or directory
>> Mounting /etc/fstab filesystem failed. Startup aborted.
>>
>> I am sure there is something very simple that I need to do, so I'll
>> appreciate your suggestions! Thanks!
> 
> mkdir /backup

[shaking my head in disbelief...] it should have been so easy! Shame on 
me :)

Many thanks!

-- 
Zbigniew Szalbot
www.LCWords.com
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