On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 14:18 +0200, Vassilios Kotoulas wrote: > > > > 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 > > Vassilios, No, kjournald handles the ext3 journal for the filesystem. Most likely the gnome-volume-manager is mounting the filesystem for you. The fstab 'noauto' option stops it from being mounted at boot time. Open the GConf editor then under desktop->gnome->volume_manager uncheck automount_drives. Maybe that will help. It looks like this option is all encompassing and may not be what you want if you use removable drives. Bob...
