On Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:41:46 -0500, Frank McCormick wrote:
> On Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:00:41 +0000 (UTC) Camaleón wrote:
>
>> > What is the easiest way to set up Debian to automatically mount
>> > specific devices if they are present, but not cause a boot failure
>> > when they are absent?
>>
>> "man fstab" says that if the <passno> digit is other than zero, "fsck"
>> will try to check that mount point.
>
>
> I have devices (usually flashdrives and or digital cameras) that
> may or may not be present during boot and they don't cause boot failure.
> But I guess you're talking about differnt devices ??
I mean devices listed as static mount points in "/etc/fstab". Usually,
removable media (flash drivers and SD cards) are not listed there.
I.e., if your USB drive is listed there and you have something like:
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
/dev/sdb1 /data/backup ext3 acl,user_xattr 1 2
^
Then fsck will try to check that mount point, either is present or not
(or at least that is my understanding after reading "man fstab") :-)
If you want to avoid auto-checking at all for that specific mount point,
you can put a "0" (zero) in the last column). You'll have to do the
checking manually.
P.S. I suggest you to use LABEL or ID mount points for hard disk USB
devices.
Greetings,
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Camaleón
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