Q - Mounting a USB stick on boot

[russcasey]

Hi all,

I've just got hold of a Joggler from Mr Dave (which is ace - thanks Mr Dave!), and after a brief experiment with Jolicloud I've decided to use the OS that it came with - an upgraded version of the bog-standard Joggler OS with Squeezeplay and a few other bits. I'm using it for internet radio, and also for streaming music from my computer when the computer is on - all this works just fine with squeezeplay.

I also want to use squeezeplay's image browser to show slideshows using photos on the USB stick. While the Joggler's own Photo app sees the stick with no problems, it wasn't visible inside squeezeplay. I figured out how to sort this out using ssh and the mount command so that it would work, but the mounting is lost when the Joggler restarts. How can I add the mount command to a startup script to make it always work?

While I'm asking, is it normal for a speaker placed near the Joggler to buzz?

cheers

Russ

[pete]

The wireless card inside of the Joggler can generate RF noise similiar to say a PDA cellular telephone adjacent to a speaker.

There's not much you can do; but you can check if that is the issue by shutting off or disabling the wireless card.

You can also utilize an "old" AM band radio and tune it between radio stations to listen for a similiar buzz.

[russcasey]

The wireless card inside of the Joggler can generate RF noise similiar to say a PDA cellular telephone adjacent to a speaker.

There's not much you can do; but you can check if that is the issue by shutting off or disabling the wireless card.

Yeah - I figured as much, but placing the speaker about 30cm away from the Joggler seems to solve the problem. Disabling the wireless card would mean I can't stream any music - which would make the speakers unnecessary anyway

[russcasey]

I'm still struggling with this

I've tried updating my /etc/init.d/boot.d/S99boot.hacks file to include the mount command next to the 'add your hacks here ' comment:
/bin/mount -r /dev/sda1 /media/usb

..but when I reboot it doesn't work
Entering the command manually in ssh works just fine, but is a bit of a bugger to do every time. Any ideas?
It's been >15 years since I last had a proper play with Linux so I'm a bit rusty - any help gratefully received!

*EDIT* Fixed - woo!
I just noticed that the USB disk is mounted by default in /mnt. One quick change of my squeezeplay image viewer settings and I'm in business. No hacking required - Doh!