The Thursday 2004-01-29 at 08:02 +0200, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote:
You simply define the filesystem as "auto" in /etc/fstab. So looking at my fstab:
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy auto noauto,user,sync
Surely the word noauto should read auto?
No.
The fstab man page says that those last three csv values include the fs type and I have auto as the 3rd field specifying the fs.
Your fstab line for the floppy is correct, don't change it. /dev/fd0 /media/floppy auto noauto,user,sync ^ ^ ^ ^ | | | | | | | \-- options | | \------------ filesystem type | \---------------------------- mount point \--------------------------------------------- device The noauto there indicates that the floppy will not be mounting automatically during boot - and this is correct, if you boot without a floppy inserted booting up will fail. So drives with removable media are always mounted "noauto". -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson