Re: fstab and removable usb drives

[Jeff D <fixedored@gmail.com>]

On Mon, 27 Aug 2007, Celejar wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm experimenting with fstab lines to streamline mounting my removable
> usb drives (flash and HDD).  I have tried 'UUID-xxxx', 'LABEL-xxxx',
> and '/dev/disk/by-label/xxxx', but with any of these the system refuses
> to boot without manual intervention when the drive isn't attached (I am
> told to hit <ctrl>-D and something about maintenance mode).  This
> occurs even when I set 'noauto'.  Am I missing something, or are such
> fstab lines really illegal for setups where the volume may not be
> attached at boot?
>
> Celejar
> --

Hm, noauto should skip it at boot.  On one of my laptops I have this:
/dev/disk/by-id/xxxxxx  /mnt/flash  vfat user,noauto 0 0

Boots up just fine..

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