# USB Automount

**URL:** https://dietpi.com/forum/t/usb-automount/2598
**Category:** Troubleshooting
**Created:** [1 October 2018 15:35 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/usb-automount/2598 "2018-10-01T15:35:56Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![peddanet](https://dietpi.com/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/2acd7d/32.png) [@peddanet](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/peddanet)
#### Post date: [13 May 2020 11:28 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/usb-automount/2598/21 "2020-05-13T11:28:24Z")

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> @peddanet : here is an updated link, see page 3. [dqmusicbox/docs/ADMIN\_SD\_CARD\_CREATION.pdf at master · rosswesleyporter/dqmusicbox · GitHub](https://github.com/rosswesleyporter/dqmusicbox/blob/master/docs/ADMIN_SD_CARD_CREATION.pdf)

Thank you very much, I will try it out. Still an issue, but did not have the time. Maybe Corona will give me now the time, cause I am actually off work…

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### Author: ![peddanet](https://dietpi.com/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/2acd7d/32.png) [@peddanet](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/peddanet)
#### Post date: [10 June 2020 11:09 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/usb-automount/2598/22 "2020-06-10T11:09:13Z")

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rosswesleyporter

Thanks for supplying the link! Today I finally got the time to implement the second part of your pdf tutorial, cause I only need the automount thing. I am nearly sure, I followed all your steps, but I return a service which fails with exit status 5 (5 EXIT\_NOTINSTALLED The program is not installed.):

```nohighlight
● usbstick-handler@sdb1.service - Mount USB sticks
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/usbstick-handler@.service; static; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Wed 2020-06-10 12:53:55 CEST; 4min 11s ago
  Process: 3999 ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/cpmount /dev/sdb1 (code=exited, status=5)
 Main PID: 3999 (code=exited, status=5)

Jun 10 12:53:55 PaeddasStation systemd[1]: Starting Mount USB sticks...
Jun 10 12:53:55 PaeddasStation cpmount[3999]: Error: invalid file system name 'exfat'
Jun 10 12:53:55 PaeddasStation cpmount[3999]: mount: /media/usb1: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb1, missing codepage or helper program, or other error.
Jun 10 12:53:55 PaeddasStation cpmount[3999]: mount: /media/usb1: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb1, missing codepage or helper program, or other error.
Jun 10 12:53:55 PaeddasStation systemd[1]: usbstick-handler@sdb1.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=5/NOTINSTALLED
Jun 10 12:53:55 PaeddasStation systemd[1]: usbstick-handler@sdb1.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.

```

So pmount does not work with exfat?? Is vfat not an synonym for that and according to the man page it supports vfat?  
Any ideas?

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### Author: ![pinipon](https://dietpi.com/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/ea666f/32.png) [@pinipon](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/pinipon)
#### Post date: [3 August 2021 22:42 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/usb-automount/2598/23 "2021-08-03T22:42:31Z")

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I’ve been successful using the package UDEVIL (which is shipped with DEVMON deamon) to autmount hot plug usb sticks. I launch Devmon as a service during boot. Additionally I use the package USBIP to share them over my wifi network.

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### Author: ![MichaIng](https://dietpi.com/forum/user_avatar/dietpi.com/michaing/32/7_2.png) [@MichaIng](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/MichaIng)
#### Post date: [29 March 2026 12:46 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/usb-automount/2598/24 "2026-03-29T12:46:34Z")

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Necroing this ancient topic, since a USB automount feature is actually being worked on: [dietpi-fs\_automount: skip eager mount for noauto fstab entries by Copilot · Pull Request #8058 · MichaIng/DietPi · GitHub](https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/8058)

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