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Re: Mounting local filesystem failed on boot



On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 6:28 PM, Muhammad Yousuf Khan <sirtcp@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 6:02 PM, Ralf Mardorf
> <ralf.mardorf@alice-dsl.net> wrote:
>> On Thu, 2012-05-24 at 17:40 +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote:
>>> i am getting Mounting local filesystem failed on every boot. and the
>>> problem line in fstab is
>>
>>> proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0
>>
>> This can't be the cause. The line is correct.
>>
>>> what this proc mount is for. as i haven’t created it.
>>
>> "The proc file system is a pseudo-file system which is used as an
>> interface to kernel data structures. It is commonly mounted at /proc." -
>> http://linux.die.net/man/5/proc
>>
>> There's an entry in fstab, when /proc is NOT on it's own partition.
>> You also can try
>>
>>
>> proc            /proc           proc    nodev,noexec,nosuid 0       0
>
> ok, after changing it, still facing the same error. however my system
> is running formal. beside from this failed error.

sorry for the typo, i mean to say "my system is running normal.
instead of this failed error"


>
>>
>>
>> "dev / nodev
>>    Interpret/do not interpret block special devices on the filesystem.
>> exec / noexec
>>    exec lets you execute binaries that are on that partition, whereas
>> noexec does not let you do that. noexec might be useful for a partition
>> that contains no binaries, like /var, or contains binaries you do not
>> want to execute on your system, or that cannot even be executed on your
>> system. Last might be the case of a Windows partition.
>> suid / nosuid
>>    Permit/Block the operation of suid, and sgid bits." -
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fstab
>>
>> Perhaps this prevents against something fishy.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Ralf
>>
>>
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