On 2010 Nov 17 (Wed) at 21:48:57 +0000 (+0000), Peter Miller wrote: :I have 2 usb hard drives in my /etc/fstab. I don't have these drives :with me all the time, and had them unplugged during my upgrade (so i :didn't inadvertently install to one of them). ... :relevant section of fstab i commented out in order to upgrade : :# my drives :5dbd5372ca23d268.d /mnt/Dane ffs rw,nodev,nosuid,softdep 0 0 :93b2b19e02be3f39.d /mnt/Cook ffs rw,nodev,nosuid,softdep 0 0
I use 'noauto' on drives that I do not always have available. And fsck/upgrades do the right thing when they see 'noauto'. -- Sure, Reagan has promised to take senility tests. But what if he forgets?