On Sat, 13 Feb 2010 15:17:02 -0500 (EST), Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > On 02/13/2010 05:46 PM, Stephen Powell wrote: >> Second, the contents of /etc/fstab are intended to be for permanent >> file systems that are always there. Since a DVDROM drive uses >> removable media, you wouldn't want to mount it at boot time in >> /etc/fstab. >> > > That's why he has noauto there, so that it is not mounted at boot time, > but only when manually requested.
Right you are! I hadn't noticed "noauto". In fact, I checked my own /etc/fstab and similar entries are there on my system. Apparently the Debian Installer puts them there by default on the i386 platform. On the s390 platform, where I routinely edit this file, it does not. Funny, I never noticed that before. Unfortunately, this little side trip is doing nothing to help the user. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/<439941168.12301981266103591458.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com>
