[Cialug] fstab options

[Matthew Johnson]

Within fstab, in the options column for your USB, drive add the
following: 'noauto'

fstab example:

#device        #mount pt  #fs     #options
/dev/sda1     /mnt/USB   auto    noauto,user   0 0

Matthew


>>> daniel.ramaley at DRAKE.EDU 3/22/06 3:23:46 PM >>>
Is there a way to set options in /etc/fstab such that if a partition is

present at boot it will be mounted, but if it is not present there 
won't be any errors that halt the boot process? This is on Linux.

I am wondering because i have a portable USB drive and i'd like to be 
able to unmount and remove it without worrying about any hassle on 
reboot. As for why i'd be worried about rebooting a Linux box, well, 
this is on my computer at work, which has some hardware issues. So far

it hasn't actually crashed on me but i need to reboot it about twice a

month because the (proprietary, ATI) graphics driver wedges in such a 
way that the only effective solution is to log in remotely and reboot 
the whole machine.

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