Writing a startup script

[jarrodr]

Hi guys,

I'm a total noob to Linux. How can I write a simple startup script to mount my USB HDD?
I have the command to mount the HDD, but I want it to execute on boot time.

sudo mount -t auto /dev/sda5 /media/USBHDD1

[NotBlaine]

It's not terribly hard.

There is a folder. You can get there by typing the following:

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cd /etc/init.d

In there are all the scripts that run when the computer starts.

If you're like me and can never remember the proper formating on the scripts, just google it.

Make a script file:

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sudo nano myMountScript.sh

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#!/bin/bash
sudo mount -t auto /dev/sda5 /media/USBHDD1

Close, save, make it executable.

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sudo chmod +x myMountScript.sh

Unless that doesn't work, because I didn't google proper shell script format... I'm usually doing python scripts.

**edit, forgot to 'sudo' before I 'nano'd...**

[JRV]

If you do it by editing /etc/fstab you won't have to enter the password to sudo each time:

How to edit /etc/fstab:
http://www.brighthub.com/computing/linu ... 13750.aspx

[jarrodr]

Thanks guys.

@JRV: I've tried the fstab and it doesn't seem to mount the folder.

@ NotBlaine: Thanks, used your method and it worked.

#!/bin/bash
#umount the HDD and mount to folder
sudo umount /dev/sda5
sudo mount -t auto /dev/sda5 /media/USBHDD1
#update SABnzbd config to point to correct folders
sed -i 's:download_dir = Downloads/incomplete:download_dir = /media/USBHDD1/Dow$
sed -i 's:nzb_backup_dir = "":nzb_backup_dir = /media/USBHDD1/Downloads/SABnzbd$
#for the above change to take place
sudo service sabnzbdplus restart