Re: Pen-drive no longer automounts

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On Wednesday 15 February 2006 15:44, Tim wrote:
> Tim:
> >> If you mean the fstab file in general, I'll manually configure mine
> >> without any worries.  But if you mean an entry in the fstab file that's
> >> managed by fstab-sync, then you need to take it out of fstab-sync's
> >> control by removing the "managed" option.
>
> Anne Wilson :
> > Tim, I'm in the dark, here.  First - I didn't know you had any option
> > there. How do you take an entry out of "managed" option?
>
> Just taking two examples out of my /etc/fstab file:
>
> LABEL=/boot /boot          ext3 defaults                            1 2
> /dev/fd0    /media/floppy  auto pamconsole,exec,noauto,utf8,managed 0 0
>
> The first one is *static* (it won't get changed unless I manually edit
> the file), second one is "managed" by fstab-sync.  If I remove the
> managed option from that line, it becomes a static entry.
>
> > Second - I have a second drive attached, which is seen by fdisk -l, and
> > can be mounted manually.  Are you saying that if I put manual entries
> > into fstab for those partitions they will not be removed by fstab-sync?
>
> Correct.  Use one of the other entries as a template to where you put
> the different options in.
>
> e.g. /dev/hdb1  /mnt/extradrive auto defaults
>
>      Would mount the first partition on /dev/hdb at the /mnt/extradrive
>      mountpoint (a directory that you'd create), it's automatically
>      determine the filesystem (though you can specify it for what it
>      really is), and use the default mounting options.
>
Thanks for the clarification.  I had thought that the whole file was 
controlled by fstab-sync.  I'm fairly confident, now, that I can get the 
mounts I want/need.

Anne

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