Mounting A Network Drive On Startup Using Linux Ubuntu 7.10 On A Macbook Pro
I wanted to have my network attached storage (NAS) always mount on startup.
To do this there must first be a place to mount to, so create a folder (I created mine at /media/nas) either visually or using the following line in terminal:
sudo mkdir /media/nas
Once this is done the following line mounts the drive:
sudo mount -t cifs -o username=username,password=password //192.168.1.10/nas /media/nas
Once that is all working to get the NAS to mount every time add the following line to the bottom of /etc/fstab:
#Mount NAS
//192.168.1.10/nas /media/nas cifs username=username,password=password
Add the correct username and password and you’re away. If it’s a guest account the username is guest and password remains blank. The drive mounts fine at startup and when no network connection is present, nothing happens. When you then connect, the NAS will be mounted automatically, at least in my experience.
There may be some issues with permission so you might need to chmod and chown the folder created to mount to, but I have had no problems as yet.