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Thread ID: 16632	2002-03-13 23:04:00	/etc/fstab and commands	Guest (0)	Press F1

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39041	2002-03-13 23:04:00	I've been adding entries into my /etc/fstab but they do not stay there. I am unsure how it should be setup. The lines in question is defaults 0 0 and noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0 When I use defaults 0 0 on hde6 it is always mounted on startup. If I change it to noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0 I lose that entry in startup. I have ro for read only. noauto is unknown to me. kudzu I read a bit on it and it could be my problem with losing my drives on startup. 0 0 I have no idea what that is. All I want to do is have /dev/hde6 /mnt/hde6 ntfs ? and then whatever next to keep the drive in the /etc/fstab file without it automounting. I usually lose all the drives I add to the /etc/fstab including my zip drive.	Guest (0)
39042	2002-03-13 23:46:00	PATH settings again. (didn't think another post was neccessary). I may have found the problem but I no longer have that directory anymore as I replaced it but was I suppose to CHMOD it? That is probably the only reason why it didn't work as intended.	Guest (0)
39043	2002-03-14 02:08:00	The permissions for the file should have been ok (I assume you were logged in as root to edit it). Prehaps it was removed because the line was broken, I don't think kudzu is a valid option, unless redhat has customised it. Try: /dev/hde6 /mnt/hde6 ntfs noauto,user,ro 0 0 Noauto means it won't be mounted at startup, user means non-root users can mount/unmount it. The 0 0 mean it won't be backed up by some backup program. If there will be more than one type of file system on it, change the filesystem from ntfs to auto.	Guest (0)
39044	2002-03-14 02:10:00	'auto' means mount this automatically at boot time; 'noauto' means don't mount it, that will be done manually. 'default' means the standard default options for disk drives. That probably means 'auto,rw'. The '0 0' indicates the level and order of checking the disks. Normally, only root can mount drives. The 'owner' option allows users to do it as well. I always do that for exchangeable devices. kudzu is the 'plug and play' emulator. Anything copied from MS MUST be horrible. I have stopped it from loading. I prefer to change things myself. (I don't think it's an option in /etc/fstab -- that might be your problem) I see what you mean with your NTFS drive. Each entry in /etc/fstab requires all the columns to be filled in. '/dev/hde6 /mnt/ntfs ntfs noauto,user,ro 0 0' might do it --- I am doing this from my dreadful memory so the order may be wrong. You need the device name, the load point, the file_system type, the options, and the two checking digits. I think that's all, but follow the format of one of the system devices. A space or spaces starts a new column. (check with 'man fstab', 'man mount'.	Guest (0)
39045	2002-03-14 02:23:00	Thanks it works now. I only followed the format that I had in my /etc/fstab file and that kudzu was in it like that. Usually associated with the CDROM drives and Floppy drives. But those entries never disappeared. So after removing kudzu from the line they stayed in the /etc/fstab as it should be.	Guest (0)
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