Re: Automatic mounting but without stopping on errors

[Justin Guerin <jguerin@cso.atmel.com>]

On Thursday 17 March 2005 23:53, David Garamond wrote:
> I have an entry in /etc/fstab to mount /dev/hdc1 on /backup as ext3
> automatically. However, sometimes this harddrive is unplugged (meaning
> there's nothing on /dev/hdc) or replaced with another non-ext3 partition
> (e.g. vfat or reiserfs3).
>
> Can I still put the /backup entry in /etc/fstab without Debian stopping
> and asking for a root password at boot when the /backup drive is not
> there? I've tried the "errors=continue" option but that didn't do it.
> I'd like Debian to continue without mounting the /backup.
>
> Regards,
> dave

Hi Dave,

Will the -F option on mount help?  If not, how about marking that mount 
point as noauto.  That way, it won't get mounted on boot.  When the drive 
is there, you'll have to mount it manually, though.

Hope that helps,
Justin Guerin