usbmount (also ntfs) for Raspberry PI 4b - Raspberry PI OS lite 32 (headless)

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usbmount (also ntfs) for Raspberry PI 4b - Raspberry PI OS lite 32 (headless)

1. Install OS

Download and install "Raspberry Pi Imager" from https://www.raspberrypi.org/software/

Choose "Raspberry PI OS Lite 32" Press Ctrl+Shift+X

• Maybe switch to save always

• Change hostname

• Activate ssh, copy your public key into the text field

• Activate WiFI, choose SSID and password, choose country

• Change timezone and keyboard layout

Choose SD-Card and flash

2. Install dependencies

sudo apt install git debhelper build-essential ntfs-3g

3. compile and install usbmount

cd /tmp
git clone https://github.com/rbrito/usbmount.git
cd usbmount
dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -b
cd ..
sudo apt install ./usbmount_0.0.24_all.deb

4. edit configuration

4.1. usbmount

sudo nano /etc/usbmount/usbmount.conf

and change these keys to:

FILESYSTEMS="vfat ext2 ext3 ext4 hfsplus ntfs fuseblk"
VERBOSE=yes

4.2 udev

Create file:

sudo mkdir /etc/systemd/system/systemd-udevd.service.d
sudo nano -w /etc/systemd/system/systemd-udevd.service.d/00-my-custom-mountflags.conf

and add content:

[Service]
PrivateMounts=no

restart udev (or reboot instead):

sudo systemctl daemon-reexec
sudo service systemd-udevd restart

5. debug

tail -f /var/log/syslog

Appendix

Links to information i used

• https://github.com/rbrito/usbmount
• https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=258130
• https://www.linuxuprising.com/2019/04/automatically-mount-usb-drives-on.html
• https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/100312/raspberry-4-usbmount-not-working