[ubuntu-uk] mount and fstab query

2010-07-15 Thread Bob Giles
Hi guys, I always work on the theory that most problems are caused by the lowest common denominator Me! However, this time I am not so sure. There is probably a simple answer to my query but so far it has eluded me. I have added a line to /etc/fstab which originally mounted a couple of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] mount and fstab query

2010-07-15 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 15/07/10 07:36, Bob Giles wrote: Hi guys, I always work on the theory that most problems are caused by the lowest common denominator Me! However, this time I am not so sure. Any errors reported in, for example, /var/log/syslog or /var/log/samba/...? My first thought was a timing

Re: [ubuntu-uk] mount and fstab query

2010-07-15 Thread Tyler J. Wagner
On Thursday 15 July 2010 07:36:24 Bob Giles wrote: There is probably a simple answer to my query but so far it has eluded me. I have added a line to /etc/fstab which originally mounted a couple of shares on my Netgear Duo NAS at bootup. It worked fine for a couple of days and has now stopped

Re: [ubuntu-uk] mount and fstab query

2010-07-15 Thread ByteSoup
On 15/07/10 07:36, Bob Giles wrote: Now it only works if I run sudo mount -a after bootup. Any ideas? TIA Bob Giles Hi Bob, I dont think my problem is similar to yours but I made a post on the Ubuntu forums a while back using Xubuntu: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=915939 It

Re: [ubuntu-uk] mount and fstab query

2010-07-15 Thread Bob Giles
On 15/07/10 11:27, ByteSoup wrote: On 15/07/10 07:36, Bob Giles wrote: Now it only works if I run sudo mount -a after bootup. Any ideas? == Snip == Alan, Tyler and Mark, Thank you all for your suggestions and references. This does indeed appear to be a timing

Re: [ubuntu-uk] mount and fstab query

2010-07-15 Thread Tyler J. Wagner
On Thursday 15 July 2010 19:19:18 Bob Giles wrote: Thank you all for your suggestions and references. This does indeed appear to be a timing problem. The power supply here in Greece where I live has been particularly tiresome lately and as a result, everything gets powered down overnight.