Mount usb hdd automatically at or better after startup

Hi,
i wanted to mount my external harddrive shortly after archlinux has booted into GUI so it doesn't slow down the boot process.
I was thinking about something like (sleep 10 && modprobe usb-storage && mount /media/usbhdd) & in rc.local but that didn't work for me.
That's not my only concern though because I can't even get the drive to automatically mount at startup via fstab entry.
I tried this and many variations:
/dev/disk/by-uuid/DEFC3BD4FC3BA5A5 /media/usbhdd auto rw,user 0 0
Any thoughts on how i get the drive to at least mount at startup via fstab or even better in form of some script shortly after the boot process is almost finished?
Thanks,
demian
Update: Solution is
(sleep 8 && mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/disk/by-uuid/DEFC3BD4FC3BA5A5 /media/usbhdd) &
or if you have an fstab entry
(sleep 4 && mount /media/usbhdd) &
in rc.local
Last edited by demian (2010-03-19 09:54:55)

I didn't want to use udev rules because it's a server and i usually don't have switching periphals. I prefer having everything static.
I just tried using a udev rule though and it kinda crashed my system . Guess i made a typo in the .rules file or it simply didn't work with the current udev.
Anyhow, i found a solution.
In rc.local:
(sleep 8 && mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/disk/by-uuid/DEFC3BD4FC3BA5A5 /media/usbhdd) &
Since i have an fstab entry, i now use (sleep 4 && mount /media/usbhdd) &.
I don't know why it didn't work before though, when i tried it with (sleep 10 && modprobe usb-storage && mount /media/usbhdd) &. Probably bad syntax or because of the modprobe insertion.
Anyway thanks guys!
Regards,
demian
Last edited by demian (2010-03-19 09:58:55)

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