http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=565646 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=565646#c0 Summary: mount fails silently to mount a partition. Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.2 Version: Final Platform: Other OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Basesystem AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: carlos.e.r@opensuse.org QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: --- Blocker: --- fstab: LABEL=test_6 /mnt/TestBig xfs \ noauto,user,noatime,nodiratime,exec,nofail 1 4 bombadillo:/mnt # mount /mnt/TestBig <============ fails silently bombadillo:/mnt # umount /mnt/TestBig umount: /mnt/TestBig: not mounted The mount command fails silently, because the label is wrong (my mistake): bombadillo:/mnt # l /dev/disk/by-label/ | grep sdb lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Dec 17 17:11 test_5 -> ../../sdb5 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Dec 17 17:13 test_big -> ../../sdb6 I understood that the linux rationale is that programs succeed silently, but give a message on errors. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.