Celejar wrote: > 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.. > > Thanks; I don't know what could be different about my setup (I'm > running uptodate Sid), but it doesn't work for me, as above. > > Celejar
I'm also running up-to-date Sid. Here are my fstab entries of interest: /dev/disk/by-label/PEN /media/pen vfat noauto,users 0 0 /dev/disk/by-label/usb-80 /media/usb-80 ext3 noauto,users 0 0 /dev/disk/by-label/usb-160 /media/usb-160 ext3 noauto,users 0 0 I rarely have the pen drive or usb HD's plugged in at boot. No problems with this on five machines. The error message you report sounds a lot like what is issued when fsck fails. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
