> > > I'm using FC4 with newest updates and gnome desktop. I have a partition > > > which I don't want to be mounted automatically. Here's the line of > > > my /etc/fstab: > > > > > > /dev/hda3 /mnt/hda3 ext3 noauto,user 1 0 > > > > > > When I log in, the partition is mounted. When I unmount it it stays > > > umounted until I log out/log in again. Then it's mounted again. > > > Who mounts this partition at login and how can I turn it off? > > > > It is mounted because it is added in /etc/fstab. Just delete/comment > > out the line and the partition wont mount on boot. > > > This shouldn't be necessary - having the "noauto" flag set should stop > it being mounted. It is often useful to have entries in /etc/fstab for > things you only seldom mount. > > Vassilios - during the boot process, do you see /dev/hda3 being mounted? > Or does it seem to be mounted (and unmounted) as you login and logout? I made some experiments: a) booting into runlevel 3: not mounted b) booting into runlevel 5 but not logging in: not mounted c) logging in to gnome: mounted After step b) I did a dmesg -c to see only what happens during c) here's the result: [willy@kra:~] dmesg kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds EXT3 FS on hda3, internal journal EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. SELinux: initialized (dev hda3, type ext3), uses xattr Is kjournald the mounter? Is it because it is an ext3 partition? My other partitions are xfs. regards vassilios
