On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 10:03:52PM +1000, David Timms wrote:
> raagu _ wrote:
>> hi,
>> I have the following entries in my fstab file. I want to add my 'dvd
>> writer' and 'cdrom' entries as well in fstab. Could any1 let me know
>> what should be added. I tried adding earlier and the system hung and
>> had to do a hard reboot.
>
> Anything in fstab will be mountfed at boot - if it isnt present then boot
> fails. Not nice.
>
Not true if you put the 'noauto' option in the fourth column of the
fstab file. This then makes the values for such things as dvd and
cdrom easier to use with mount etc. but prevents any problems at boot
time.
For example I have:-
//192.168.1.10/C /home/chris/xp cifs noauto,user,password="" 0 0
in my /etc/fstab which mounts my vmware XP drive so it's visible from
Linux. Obviously the XP guest isn't running at boot time so I have
the 'noauto' option there. With the 'user' option as well I can just
say "mount xp" to get at my Windows XP files.
--
Chris Green
