-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:10:29 +0000 (UTC) Camaleón <noela...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:31:56 -0500, Frank McCormick wrote: > > > On Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:12:56 +0000 (UTC) Camaleón wrote: > > > >> I.e., if your USB drive is listed there and you have something > >> like: > >> > >> # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> # > >> # <pass> > >> /dev/sdb1 /data/backup ext3 > >> acl,user_xattr 1 2 ^ > >> > >> Then fsck will try to check that mount point, either is present > >> or not (or at least that is my understanding after reading "man > >> fstab") :-) > > > > > > That's not what happens in my case. The boot process simply > > gives an error that the device does not exist. There is no > > attempt to fsck the non-existant drive. I gather this is because > > the system attempts to mount the non-existant drive. > > Uh? Didn't you say...? :-? > > *** > I found that initscripts seems to attempt to run fsck on > non-existent devices that appear in /etc/fstab, and different fsck > programs for different filesystem types give different error codes. > *** No. I didn't say it. On Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:25:12 +1030, Arthur Marsh wrote: > Hi, I found that initscripts seems to attempt to run fsck on > non-existent devices that appear in /etc/fstab, and different fsck > programs for different filesystem types give different error codes. > > What is the easiest way to set up Debian to automatically mount specific > devices if they are present, but not cause a boot failure when they are > absent? > Any device or partition listed under fstab are "static" ones. If > you have defined a mount point that is not present at boot time, > you will get a warning, that is a normal behaviour. > > If your USB disk is not always "on" and you want to prevent that > warning, you can use de "noauto" option but you'll have to manually > mount it when you plug it. No, it mounts automatically when I plug it in...I just want it mounted automatically IF it's present during boot - -- Frank -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJLaHBAAAoJEMEDyLTvrVhjtvEH/0w7WxGgk+oPOz2psIUaPozX UKLnwtyVHXZWd97yighP2ASW2FzbWMJSWjqOFoiquOSoSs/wXtA2ohy4boSSAHSc e7S4Z7QShRg8X5yNSMRTd1us1H2tklj57zW/pof/Dd36xGd515oWTdUwCMXJTnW6 hbWKhqutEuePbd+gLNXFJWIg24DbURHYqfsOzQwYOyDGUSXiJY8PFmHJTYHLyE6q JGQ9KlKUgWbDCld0gRxs4XMjqUY+9Ey9J+LvqrcoLCYq8HVt2mG9fq1au4YX/qsl fsFZwqTSezKudfVgVrNk8QFy9l4s2FqyBfeWlvLvSPiX2XCnHwhAE11J2pp5fA4= =U65H -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
