On Thursday 31 March 2005 10:55 pm, Jeff Vian wrote: > On Thu, 2005-03-31 at 22:19 +0100, Gary Stainburn wrote: > > Hi folks. > > > > If I have the following line (below, line-wrapped single line) in > > my /etc/fstab my machine hangs during bootup at the fsck stage > > complaining that VFAT checking is still ALPHA. There is no HDD > > activity. > > > > If I boot in rescue mode and remove the line the box boots fine. > > > > What do I need to do to the line so I can leave it it and still > > have the machine boot. I've tried 'nocheck' and 'check=no' as > > possible options. > > > > Gary > > > > /dev/hda1 /mnt/dos vfat > > umask=0222,uid=500,gid=500 1 1 > > Change the end of the line from 1 1 to 0 0 > That will turn off the fsck during boot. > Man fstab tells me that the 6th field controls the fsck during boot, > and the 5th field controls the dump sequence. it also says > > "If the sixth field is not present or zero, a value of zero is > returned and fsck will assume that the filesystem does not need > to be checked." > That's sorted it. Thanks -- Gary Stainburn This email does not contain private or confidential material as it may be snooped on by interested government parties for unknown and undisclosed purposes - Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, 2000
