On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:51:04 -0700 (PDT) Jeff D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Aug 2007, Celejar wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I'm experimenting with fstab lines to streamline mounting my removable > > usb drives (flash and HDD). I have tried 'UUID-xxxx', 'LABEL-xxxx', > > and '/dev/disk/by-label/xxxx', but with any of these the system refuses > > to boot without manual intervention when the drive isn't attached (I am > > told to hit <ctrl>-D and something about maintenance mode). This > > occurs even when I set 'noauto'. Am I missing something, or are such > > fstab lines really illegal for setups where the volume may not be > > attached at boot? > > > > Celejar > > -- > > Hm, noauto should skip it at boot. On one of my laptops I have this: > /dev/disk/by-id/xxxxxx /mnt/flash vfat user,noauto 0 0 > > Boots up just fine.. Well, with a little careful digging I found the problem. The error was fsck related; /etc/init.d/checkfs.sh runs 'fsck -C -R -A -a'. The '-A' option tells fsck to check all filesystems in fstab that don't have 0 in the last field. I had been setting mine to 2 as the installer did for the system's fixed drives; you have it set to 0. I suppose that I'll just have use 0 and perhaps remember to do a manual fsck periodically. Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
