[aklug] Re: fstab fs_passno, noauto question.

On Monday, August 19, 2013 23:08:10 Greg Madden wrote:
> The 'noauto'' option is working per man page. fsck tries to check the fs
> if fs_pasno is set to 1 or 2, so it tries to check the fs when it is
> not mounted, boot fails to the " Give root password for maintenance" (
> or type Control-D to continue): prompt.
>
> Setting fs_pasno to 0 results in a bootable system but the file system
> is not checked, afaikt, on mounting, needs manual intervention.

The mount man page speaks of this:

       nofail Do not report errors for this device if it does not exist.

Maybe that would prevent the failure at boot?

j

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