On 23 December 2011 15:12, Curt <cu...@free.fr> wrote: > On 2011-12-23, Curt <cu...@free.fr> wrote: >> On 2011-12-22, Walter Hurry <walterhu...@lavabit.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>> Very succinctly put, except the hard drive is automatically mounted by >>>> Gnome, thats the only mistake you made. >>> >>> It wouldn't be if it were in fstab. >>> >> It sure does in my case. Are you saying that the gnome automounting >> thingy looks in /etc/fstab? >> >> I have my usb hard drive in /etc/fstab thusly: >> >> /dev/sdc1/ /mnt/backup ext3 user,noauto,rw 0 0 >> >> When I plug it in, it is automounted (at /media/...) >> >> I umount it, and remount "by hand". >> > Or is this a question of having it plugged in when the machine is > booted? > It makes no difference.
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