On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:42:40 +1030 Arthur Marsh <arthur.ma...@internode.on.net> wrote:
> Frank McCormick wrote, on 03/02/10 06:16: > > > > To the OP: > > > > The bottom line: There is no problem even if flashdrives/cameras etc > > are in fstab but not present- you simply get the error logged > > > > > > Cheers > > - -- > > Frank > > Well, there is a definite problem in my case (Debian unstable on i386). > > Error code 1 on fsck gets an error logged, but doesn't stop the boot > process. > > Upgrading dosfstools past 3.0.1 caused an error code greater than 1, > which triggers the stop of the boot process. > > I don't understand why initscripts tries to fsck a non-existent device. Definite problem here, too, on my uptodate Sid system, with ext3. My fstab has lines like this: LABEL=software /media/software ext3 defaults,user,exec,noauto 0 0 [The target is a LV within a VG on top of a partition on an external USB disk.] When the last field is 2, the boot stops after fsck fails with error code 8, until I hit <ctrl>-D. From /var/log/fsck/fsck/checkfs fsck.ext3: Unable to resolve 'LABEL=software' fsck died with exit status 8 > Maybe I should file a bug against initscripts. Probably a good idea. I just changed the fs_passno field to 0, but a bug is probably in order. > I had initially filed a bug against dosfstools but had no response: > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=562536 Well, it's not really a bug in fsck, but, as you noted earlier, in initscripts. Perhaps you can just reassign the bug? > I would just like to have USB flash drives that may or may not be > plugged into machines that aren't switched on all the time, and I would > like them to be mounted if they're plugged in when the machine is > powered on, and for the machine to boot anyway if the USB flash drive is > not present. Exactly. But mounting automatically is not the problem. You can have them mounted, without the fsck being performed. Celejar -- foffl.sourceforge.net - Feeds OFFLine, an offline RSS/Atom aggregator mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org