Re: auto-mounting disks that might not be present (e.g. usb drives)
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On Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:12:56 +0000 (UTC)
Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:41:46 -0500, Frank McCormick wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:00:41 +0000 (UTC) Camaleón wrote:
> >
> >> > What is the easiest way to set up Debian to automatically mount
> >> > specific devices if they are present, but not cause a boot
> >> > failure when they are absent?
> >>
> >> "man fstab" says that if the <passno> digit is other than zero,
> >> "fsck" will try to check that mount point.
> >
> >
> > I have devices (usually flashdrives and or digital cameras)
> > that may or may not be present during boot and they don't cause
> > boot failure. But I guess you're talking about different devices ??
>
> I mean devices listed as static mount points in "/etc/fstab".
> Usually, removable media (flash drivers and SD cards) are not
> listed there.
>
> I.e., if your USB drive is listed there and you have something like:
>
> # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump>
> # <pass>
> /dev/sdb1 /data/backup ext3
> acl,user_xattr 1 2 ^
>
> Then fsck will try to check that mount point, either is present or
> not (or at least that is my understanding after reading "man
> fstab") :-)
That's not what happens in my case. The boot process simply gives
an error that the device does not exist. There is no attempt to
fsck the non-existant drive. I gather this is because the system
attempts to mount the non-existant drive.
>
> If you want to avoid auto-checking at all for that specific mount
> point, you can put a "0" (zero) in the last column). You'll have to
> do the checking manually.
- --
Frank
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