[X-Unix] External drive volume doesn't automount?

[Kevin Stevens]

On May 8, 2005, at 11:14, Kevin Stevens wrote:

>> I haven't looked for at the issue under Tiger. Under Tiger, home  
>> directories on external volumes, i.e. FireWire drives, simply  
>> work. Implying that the default was again changed, but I have not  
>> explored why it works. I installed Tiger on an clean internal  
>> partition and then used the setup assistant to copy stuff over.  
>> The process very nicely copied my old sym-links for the home  
>> directories an everything was "just there" as expected.
>>
>
> This partition doesn't contain user home directories.  The external  
> partition with home directories is "OS X", and it does automount,  
> though it is also a mirrored partition with the internal drive,  
> which might cause that independently.  I'll report findings back.

The macosxhints tip worked under Tiger, though for some reason I had  
to create the file from scratch - using the "defaults" syntax  
mentioned in the hint produced an odd binary file - didn't bother to  
chase down the reason.  Thanks!

KeS