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Re: auto-mounting disks that might not be present (e.g. usb drives)



Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.:
> On Thursday 04 February 2010 10:53:06 Jochen Schulz wrote:
>> Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.:
>>> In any case, /etc/fstab is for *static* file systems.  It is *not* for
>>> file systems that may or may not be there when the system is booting (or
>>> otherwise in operation).
>> 
>> NACK. Or don't you have an entry for your CD/DVD drive?
> 
> That's what "noauto" is for.

Sure. But the existence of that option refutes your statement above. :)

J.
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