Re: auto-mounting disks that might not be present (e.g. usb drives)
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On Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:45:25 +0000 (UTC)
Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:34:40 -0500, Frank McCormick wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:10:29 +0000 (UTC) Camaleón wrote:
>
> >> Uh? Didn't you say...? :-?
> >>
> >> ***
> >> I found that initscripts seems to attempt to run fsck on
> >> non-existent devices that appear in /etc/fstab, and different
> >> fsck programs for different filesystem types give different
> >> error codes. ***
> >
> > No. I didn't say it.
>
> Oops, sorry. You're right. That was the OP.
No problem.
Earlier you said:
>
> >> If your USB disk is not always "on" and you want to prevent that
> >> warning, you can use de "noauto" option but you'll have to
> >> manually mount it when you plug it.
Then I said :
>> No, it mounts automatically when I plug it in...I just want it
>> mounted automatically IF it's present during boot
To the OP:
The bottom line: There is no problem even if flashdrives/cameras etc
are in fstab but not present- you simply get the error logged
Cheers
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Frank
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