fstab for 2nd hard drive and dvd drive

[scoot1212]

Hi,
I'm trying to get my ubuntu edgy install to determine if I have my 2nd hdd in or if I have my dvd drive in and mount the correct device. Has anybody done this with Linux?
Thank you,
Scott

[smugiri]

Add lines for both and the one that is available will mount.

Not clean but it works. Something like

/dev/cdrw /mnt/cdrw udf,iso9660 noauto,owner,rw 0 0
/dev/hdc1 /mnt/ntfs/shared ntfs ro,defaults 0 0
or
/dev/hdc1 /mnt/vfat/shared vfat umask=000 0 0

[Leikeze Ajnin]

Another alternative, if you're feeling adventurous, would be to check out this ThinkWiki page on setting up ultrabay device hot-swapping: http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Lt_hotswap

Do note the supported models:

Supported models

The driver has been explicitly reported to work on the following models. It should work on many others as well:
ThinkPad A31p (warmswap), X22, X24, T30, T22, T23, T40, T42

With a lil' bit of investigation you could prolly setup automatic mounting and hot-swapping of the two devices, but it would require time and effort to set up.

Having come up with the complex alternative, if you're not 100% in need of hot-swapping for the two devices, I'd use smugiri's approach.

[scoot1212]

thank you very much for the suggestions. I am going to give either and/or both a shot this weekend when I rebuild my notebook. I'll keep you posted.

Scott