Re: fstab and removable drives
On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 7:18:25 -0700
<electricalsciences@adelphia.net> wrote:
> My ISP has "improved" my email to the point that I cannot
> post to newsgroups at all and even email is a struggle.
>
> The error message you describe is from fsck, which fails when
> trying to check the disconnected drive. The sixth (and last)
> field in your fstab entry must be zero. From man fstab:
>
> "The sixth field, (fs_passno), is used by the fsck(8) program to determine
> the order in which filesystem checks are done at reboot time.
> ...
> If the sixth field is not present or zero, a value of zero is returned and
> fsck will assume that the filesystem does not need to be checked."
>
> Hope this helps!
It does; thanks very much. I arrived at the same realization
independently, hence my other message.
> Roby
Celejar
--
mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email
ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator
Reply to: