On 23 March 2014 17:34, Arthur Dent <misc.li...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> On Sun, 2014-03-23 at 16:20 +0100, Patrick Laimbock wrote: > > On 23-03-14 16:08, Arthur Dent wrote: > > [snip] > > > Sorry for the noise. I guess I should open another thread, but does > > > anyone know how to auto-mount an external HD ONLY if it's present? > > > > Have a look at the 'nofail' option (see man fstab). Or add the 'noauto' > > option to the fstab entry for that HD and try to mount the HD in > > /etc/rc.local only if it's present. > > Thanks - I tried the nofail option. This is the line I have now: > UUID=BCD0A565D0A5269C /mnt/Backup ntfs-3g > nofail,auto,noatime,rw, 0 0 > but trying a mount -a with the drive NOT present gives me: > mount: /mnt/Backup: mount failed: Invalid argument > (I haven't tried rebooting yet). > > Which is correct. The nofail option basically tells the system to go on with the boot if that device doesn't exist at boot. > Any ideas? > > Thanks again... > > Mark > > -- > users mailing list > users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org > > -- Ahmad Samir
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