Re: Can an ISO file be mounted from /etc/fstab at boot?

2013-03-18 Thread Ruben de Groot
On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 04:04:23PM -0400, Lowell Gilbert typed: > Oscar Hodgson writes: > > > I'm pretty sure the answer is "no, just write a local rc script to do > > that", but thought I'd check. > > > > Can't see any hint of that capability in the handbook or fstab(5). > > > > Really just look

Re: Can an ISO file be mounted from /etc/fstab at boot?

2013-03-15 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Oscar Hodgson writes: > I'm pretty sure the answer is "no, just write a local rc script to do > that", but thought I'd check. > > Can't see any hint of that capability in the handbook or fstab(5). > > Really just looking for a single point of management for file systems I don't see a way of

Can an ISO file be mounted from /etc/fstab at boot?

2013-03-15 Thread Oscar Hodgson
I'm pretty sure the answer is "no, just write a local rc script to do that", but thought I'd check. Can't see any hint of that capability in the handbook or fstab(5). Really just looking for a single point of management for file systems Thanks in advance. Oscar

Re: How to list /etc/fstab in new BFSD label?

2012-10-21 Thread Polytropon
On Sun, 21 Oct 2012 17:00:13 -1000, Al Plant wrote: > Aloha, > > I cant find any How TO on writing the hardware devices into /etc/fstab > to mount and find how the DVD and CD players get connected. Open the file in your favourite editor and add the lines according to your needs, if

How to list /etc/fstab in new BFSD label?

2012-10-21 Thread Al Plant
Aloha, I cant find any How TO on writing the hardware devices into /etc/fstab to mount and find how the DVD and CD players get connected. (This happens to be with a test box FreeBSD 10.* which has worked fine other than that.) The BSD install I understand is also for FreeBSD 9.* as well

Re: Auto-mounting sshfs from /etc/fstab

2012-09-05 Thread OriS
> > I've been trying to find a page on the Internet where an example is > posted > > explaining how to mount sshfs from /etc/fstab, but I can't find any! > > Have you tried running sshfs from cron? eg. run "crontab -e" as a > regular user and add: >

Re: Auto-mounting sshfs from /etc/fstab

2012-09-05 Thread Elias Chrysocheris
In the past I wanted to do so in my system. I had one server called "pluto" and I wanted to sshfs one directory from my laptop. The first thing I had to do was to make passwordless ssh from my laptop to the server (there are a lot of pages in the internet to explain how to do this, so I will no

Re: Auto-mounting sshfs from /etc/fstab

2012-09-05 Thread Polytropon
On Thu, 6 Sep 2012 07:43:38 +1000, andrew clarke wrote: > On Wed 2012-09-05 19:38:54 UTC+0200, OriS > (site.free...@orientalsensation.com) wrote: > > > I've been trying to find a page on the Internet where an example is posted > > explaining how to mount sshfs from /e

Re: Auto-mounting sshfs from /etc/fstab

2012-09-05 Thread andrew clarke
On Wed 2012-09-05 19:38:54 UTC+0200, OriS (site.free...@orientalsensation.com) wrote: > I've been trying to find a page on the Internet where an example is posted > explaining how to mount sshfs from /etc/fstab, but I can't find any! Have you tried running sshfs from cron? eg.

Auto-mounting sshfs from /etc/fstab

2012-09-05 Thread OriS
Hello all, I've been trying to find a page on the Internet where an example is posted explaining how to mount sshfs from /etc/fstab, but I can't find any! I'm on 9.1-PR amd64 and I've installed Fuse and sshfs, I have enabled Fuse in rc.conf and I can see /dev/fuse. Furthermo

Re: FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE Install Failure: Unable to create a new /etc/fstab

2011-10-27 Thread Rick Miller
Just following up...I resolved the issue by copying /etc/* to /stand/ in the mfsroot. On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 12:54 PM, Rick Miller wrote: > Hi All, > > I am Installing 8.2-RELEASE via PXE and receive an error stating that > sysinstall was unable to create new /etc/fstab.  Everythin

FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE Install Failure: Unable to create a new /etc/fstab

2011-10-25 Thread Rick Miller
Hi All, I am Installing 8.2-RELEASE via PXE and receive an error stating that sysinstall was unable to create new /etc/fstab. Everything appears to function correctly, in that, the system TFTP's the pxeboot and mfsroot files as needed. However, When I switch to the holographic shell and

Re: i messed up, need to do fsck and also uncomment the /usr line if /etc/fstab

2011-05-08 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Henry Olyer writes: > I had an old FBSD 7.2 CD. good enough for this I thought. > > I booted from that but now I need to mount the file systems on my hard > drive. How do I do that? > > I agree,, once I get the /etc file system mounted I can edit the file. > > Okay, next.. > > How do I do an fsc

Re: i messed up, need to do fsck and also uncomment the /usr line if /etc/fstab

2011-05-07 Thread Chris Rees
gt; Restarted it but for some reason the fsck didn't run and I lost some /usr > > files. > > > > I tried to do an fsck manually but because it's mounted I got nowhere. So I > > put a comment ("#") in front of the /usr line for the /etc/fstab file. > >

Re: i messed up, need to do fsck and also uncomment the /usr line if /etc/fstab

2011-05-06 Thread Yuri Pankov
les. > > I tried to do an fsck manually but because it's mounted I got nowhere. So I > put a comment ("#") in front of the /usr line for the /etc/fstab file. > > Now, I can't boot. > > I need what's on my disk -- of course! Boot to single user mode

Re: i messed up, need to do fsck and also uncomment the /usr line if /etc/fstab

2011-05-06 Thread Henry Olyer
I lost some /usr > > files. > > > > I tried to do an fsck manually but because it's mounted I got nowhere. > So I > > put a comment ("#") in front of the /usr line for the /etc/fstab file. > > > > Now, I can't boot. > > > >

Re: i messed up, need to do fsck and also uncomment the /usr line if /etc/fstab

2011-05-06 Thread Ryan Coleman
l from time to time. I lost > power on an laptop running 8.2. > > Restarted it but for some reason the fsck didn't run and I lost some /usr > files. > > I tried to do an fsck manually but because it's mounted I got nowhere. So I > put a comment ("#") in fron

i messed up, need to do fsck and also uncomment the /usr line if /etc/fstab

2011-05-06 Thread Henry Olyer
t ("#") in front of the /usr line for the /etc/fstab file. Now, I can't boot. I need what's on my disk -- of course! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To

Re: /etc/fstab + embedded spaces

2009-11-03 Thread andrew clarke
On Tue 2009-11-03 14:07:37 UTC-0600, Adam Vande More (amvandem...@gmail.com) wrote: >windows path's have alternate eg c:\Test~1 Yes, files and paths may all have an MS-DOS 8.3 equivalent (I think this option can be disabled in NTFS), however Windows SMB shares do not. "\\host\My Documents"

Re: /etc/fstab + embedded spaces

2009-11-03 Thread Adam Vande More
On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 2:20 PM, andrew clarke wrote: > On Tue 2009-11-03 14:07:37 UTC-0600, Adam Vande More ( > amvandem...@gmail.com) wrote: > > >windows path's have alternate eg c:\Test~1 > > Yes, files and paths may all have an MS-DOS 8.3 equivalent (I think > this option can be disabled i

Re: /etc/fstab + embedded spaces

2009-11-03 Thread Adam Vande More
On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 2:02 PM, andrew clarke wrote: > On Tue 2009-11-03 06:57:12 UTC-0500, carmel_ny (carmel...@hotmail.com) > wrote: > > > I was attempting to create this entry in the /etc/fstab file. It is to > > a WinXP machine. > > > > //u...@bios/My Docume

Re: /etc/fstab + embedded spaces

2009-11-03 Thread Jerry
On Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:13:24 -0500 Michael Powell replied: >carmel_ny wrote: > >> I was attempting to create this entry in the /etc/fstab file. It is >> to a WinXP machine. >> >> //u...@bios/My Documents /laptop smbfs rw,noauto 0 0 >> >> It fai

Re: /etc/fstab + embedded spaces

2009-11-03 Thread andrew clarke
On Tue 2009-11-03 06:57:12 UTC-0500, carmel_ny (carmel...@hotmail.com) wrote: > I was attempting to create this entry in the /etc/fstab file. It is to > a WinXP machine. > > //u...@bios/My Documents /laptop smbfs rw,noauto 0 0 > > It fails because 'fstab' does

Re: /etc/fstab + embedded spaces

2009-11-03 Thread Michael Powell
carmel_ny wrote: > I was attempting to create this entry in the /etc/fstab file. It is to > a WinXP machine. > > //u...@bios/My Documents /laptop smbfs rw,noauto 0 0 > > It fails because 'fstab' does not allow embedded spaces in device > names, not does it all

/etc/fstab + embedded spaces

2009-11-03 Thread carmel_ny
I was attempting to create this entry in the /etc/fstab file. It is to a WinXP machine. //u...@bios/My Documents /laptop smbfs rw,noauto 0 0 It fails because 'fstab' does not allow embedded spaces in device names, not does it allow enclosing the name in quotes. I did some Go

how to pass nfs nolock option in /etc/fstab

2008-03-28 Thread vincenzo romero
Hello all, I have come across an issue where I attempted to mount my NFSroot FS with a nolock option in order to support a database application. In an attempt to do so, I edited my /etc/fstab as follows: 192.168.17.1:/export/images/00A0D1E35B7E/freebsd7_x64 / nfs rw

Re: ReiserFS and /etc/fstab: "rw" or "ro"?

2007-12-08 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Adam J Richardson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I just installed Ubuntu on a second hard drive. (Got fed up waiting > for things like VMware Player 2.) I've booted into FreeBSD > 6.3-PRERELEASE and I'm looking at my /etc/fstab. > > Is it safe to specify "rw&qu

ReiserFS and /etc/fstab: "rw" or "ro"?

2007-12-08 Thread Adam J Richardson
Hi all. I just installed Ubuntu on a second hard drive. (Got fed up waiting for things like VMware Player 2.) I've booted into FreeBSD 6.3-PRERELEASE and I'm looking at my /etc/fstab. Is it safe to specify "rw" for my ReiserFS partitions, or should I stick with "ro&

Re: /etc/fstab

2007-09-30 Thread Martin Tournoij
On Sun 30 Sep 2007 19:09, Kuselan Sugumaran wrote: > Hi, > > What is the range of values in 5th and 6th column in /etc/fstab? > What is the meaning for each value? > > I��ve gone through man pages and lot of books. I couldn��t get the answer. > Can you help m

/etc/fstab

2007-09-30 Thread Kuselan Sugumaran
Hi, What is the range of values in 5th and 6th column in /etc/fstab? What is the meaning for each value? I¡¯ve gone through man pages and lot of books. I couldn¡¯t get the answer. Can you help me? Thanks. - Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha

mounting fusefs via /etc/fstab

2007-06-03 Thread martinko
Hallo, At the bottom of <http://curlftpfs.sourceforge.net/> there's an example of using FUSE via /etc/fstab. It is for Linux. I wonder whether the same thing can be achieved on FreeBSD somehow as it would be very useful. With regar

Re: Re: /etc/fstab error and I can't start the system normally

2006-08-16 Thread micman
I think that the problem was a damaged system. I have re-installed FreeBSD and now ALL the commands and methods work. mount -u / or mount -o rw / and I can access to the root directory I mount /usr and I can use ee (effectively a nice editor) ee /etc/fstab (absolute path isn't nece

Re: Re: /etc/fstab error and I can't start the system normally

2006-08-08 Thread backyard
to exchange my files > between Windows and my > > new Operating System. That was OK. After I > tried to mount > > automatically at boot this partition and I > make an error > > (grammatical error): I wrote “acd0s5” > instea

Re: Re: /etc/fstab error and I can't start the system normally

2006-08-08 Thread micman
ing System. That was OK. After I tried to mount > automatically at boot this partition and I make an error > (grammatical error): I wrote “acd0s5” instead of “ad0s5” in /etc/ > fstab. > Now, when I start the system, I receive this messag

Re: /etc/fstab error and I can't start the system normally

2006-08-07 Thread Pramod Venugopal
You can go to single user mode (4) from the boot menu and then mount - o rw / . Then you can edit /etc/fstab. Pramod Venugopal [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Aug 7, 2006, at 1:26 PM, micman wrote: Hello. PROBLEM I tried and configured FreeBSD 6.1 for many days and I mounted my FAT extended

Re: /etc/fstab error and I can't start the system normally

2006-08-07 Thread backyard
utomatically at > boot this partition and I make an error (grammatical > error): I wrote “acd0s5” instead of “ad0s5” in > /etc/fstab. > Now, when I start the system, I receive this message > at the end of the boot process: > "Can't open (No such file or directory) > /dev/acd

/etc/fstab error and I can't start the system normally

2006-08-07 Thread micman
“acd0s5” instead of “ad0s5” in /etc/fstab. Now, when I start the system, I receive this message at the end of the boot process: "Can't open (No such file or directory) /dev/acd0s5: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck_msdosfs MANUALLY. THE FOLLOWING FILE SYSTEM HAD AN UNEXPECTED INC

Re: /etc/fstab FS-specific parameters

2006-04-09 Thread Björn König
Andrey V. Semyonov schrieb: Hi there! How do you use FS-specific parameters in /etc/fstab (like -E for mount_msdosfs, or -I for mount_smbfs, etc...) ? As far as I know this is not possible. I had a similar problem when I wanted to mount NFS with -L using fstab. In my case there was a

/etc/fstab FS-specific parameters

2006-04-09 Thread Andrey V. Semyonov
Hi there! How do you use FS-specific parameters in /etc/fstab (like -E for mount_msdosfs, or -I for mount_smbfs, etc...) ? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send

Re: Setting mount_nfs options in /etc/fstab

2005-10-06 Thread Doug Poland
On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 03:45:32PM +0100, Brian Candler wrote: > I am reading large log files via NFS, and I find that if I mount them > with mount_nfs -a 4 then performance is improved. > > My question is: is there any way to set the option '-a 4' in > /etc/fstab? Or

Re: Setting mount_nfs options in /etc/fstab

2005-10-06 Thread Brian Candler
On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 10:10:14AM -0500, Doug Poland wrote: > Here's an fstab entry of mine for an nfs mount. > > fs:/data /data nfs -3,-R=3,-b,-i,-s,-r=32768,-w=32768,rw > 0 0 > > Your options and milage may vary... That works for me, thank you. Perhaps the fstab(5)

Setting mount_nfs options in /etc/fstab

2005-10-06 Thread Brian Candler
I am reading large log files via NFS, and I find that if I mount them with mount_nfs -a 4 then performance is improved. My question is: is there any way to set the option '-a 4' in /etc/fstab? Or am I forced to mount the filesystems the manual way in /etc/rc.local? mount_nfs supports a

Re: mount ntfs (windows) file system in /etc/fstab fails at boot

2004-11-30 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2004-11-30 10:31, Kevin Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kris K. explained the problem earlier in the thread. > > The correct entry in your /etc/fstab should be somethig like bellow. I > had a "2" in the 6th field (instead of "0" or leave it out); this

Re: mount ntfs (windows) file system in /etc/fstab fails at boot

2004-11-30 Thread Kevin Smith
Kris K. explained the problem earlier in the thread. The correct entry in your /etc/fstab should be somethig like bellow. I had a "2" in the 6th field (instead of "0" or leave it out); this causes the file system to be checked on bootup which fails with the ntfs file system.

Re: mount ntfs (windows) file system in /etc/fstab fails at boot

2004-11-30 Thread CHris Rich
/windows ntfs ro 2 2 > > and using command: > > > mount /windows > > -however, > > If I leave this entry in my /etc/fstab, the OS reports inconsistency > errors on bootup when it tries to mount and goes into single-user mode. > I

Re: mount ntfs (windows) file system in /etc/fstab fails at boot

2004-11-25 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Fri, Nov 26, 2004 at 02:16:45AM -0800, Kevin Smith wrote: > Yes, putting a "0" in the sixth field takes care of the problem and the > /windows file system is now mounted. thanks. > > >P.S. It's usually helpful to transcribe the exact error, instead of > >describing vague symptoms. > > > > Y

Re: mount ntfs (windows) file system in /etc/fstab fails at boot

2004-11-25 Thread Kevin Smith
ero is returned and fsck(8) will assume that the filesystem does not need to be checked. Since you don't want to run fsck on the ntfs volume, set this to zero. If I leave this entry in my /etc/fstab, the OS reports inconsistency errors on bootup when it tries to mount and goes into single

Re: mount ntfs (windows) file system in /etc/fstab fails at boot

2004-11-25 Thread Kris Kennaway
ware. If the sixth field is not present or is zero, a value of zero is returned and fsck(8) will assume that the filesystem does not need to be checked. Since you don't want to run fsck on the ntfs volume, set this to zero. > If I leave this entry in my /etc/fstab, the OS rep

mount ntfs (windows) file system in /etc/fstab fails at boot

2004-11-25 Thread Kevin Smith
entry in my /etc/fstab, the OS reports inconsistency errors on bootup when it tries to mount and goes into single-user mode. I then had to remount / for read-write and delete the line in the fstab before it would boot again. Am I using the wrong syntax for the fstab entry ?- also, why does it

Re: /etc/fstab explain me please.....

2003-09-13 Thread David Gerard
On 09/13/03 11:11, Denis wrote: I want to mount automatically my second disk drive which has Fat32 file system. Could you tell me what i must write in FSType section in /etc/fstab?? Maybe "msdos" or "fat32"??? msdos is correct. Here's mine: $ cat /etc/fstab # See the

Re: /etc/fstab explain me please.....

2003-09-13 Thread Guilmot Mike
Denis wrote: > Hi All!!! > > I want to mount automatically my second disk drive which has Fat32 > file system. Could you tell me what i must write in FSType section > in /etc/fstab?? > Maybe "msdos" or "fat32"??? msdos is what you're lo

Re: /etc/fstab explain me please.....

2003-09-13 Thread Jerry Bell
msdosfs should work so long as it's fat or fat32. Jerry http://www.syslog.org - Original Message - From: "Denis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2003 7:11 AM Subject: /etc/fstab explain me please. Hi All!!! I

/etc/fstab explain me please.....

2003-09-13 Thread Denis
Hi All!!! I want to mount automatically my second disk drive which has Fat32 file system. Could you tell me what i must write in FSType section in /etc/fstab?? Maybe "msdos" or "fat32"??? -- Best regards, Denis [EMAIL PROTECTED] __

RE: putting mount_smbfs -N into /etc/fstab

2003-08-03 Thread Petersen
Alexander Farber said: > Hi, > > I have: > > //pref/pref /pref smbfs rw,noauto 0 0 > > in my /etc/fstab and it works, but I have to press > the return key to submit the empty password when I > "mount /pref" and thus I have to use the noauto option. >

putting mount_smbfs -N into /etc/fstab

2003-08-03 Thread Alexander Farber
Hi, I have: //pref/pref /pref smbfs rw,noauto 0 0 in my /etc/fstab and it works, but I have to press the return key to submit the empty password when I "mount /pref" and thus I have to use the noauto option. I there a way to put the mount_smbfs option "-N" and also &q

Re: /etc/fstab config

2003-02-13 Thread Jason Hunt
On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 10:29:33PM -0500, george donnelly wrote: > hi i've got a 3 disk raid 5 partition that is my main fs and then an 80gb > ide drive on a separate partition at /vol1. i need to config my /etc/fstab > for this and this is what i've got (see below). can someo

/etc/fstab config

2003-02-12 Thread george donnelly
hi i've got a 3 disk raid 5 partition that is my main fs and then an 80gb ide drive on a separate partition at /vol1. i need to config my /etc/fstab for this and this is what i've got (see below). can someone tell me if looks correct? also, if i were to reboot the machine with the