Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 07:51:56 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Kevin Smith <smithcam@adelphia.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mount ntfs (windows) file system in /etc/fstab fails at boot Message-ID: <20041201055156.GC41749@gothmog.gr> In-Reply-To: <41ACBC7E.2020502@adelphia.net> References: <41A6FD07.1020900@adelphia.net> <8292450b04113010165bc95e74@mail.gmail.com> <41ACBC7E.2020502@adelphia.net>
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On 2004-11-30 10:31, Kevin Smith <smithcam@adelphia.net> wrote: > Kris K. explained the problem earlier in the thread. > > The correct entry in your /etc/fstab should be somethig like bellow. I > had a "2" in the 6th field (instead of "0" or leave it out); this causes > the file system to be checked on bootup which fails with the ntfs file > system. If you have this in your fstab, you should not need to mount it > in your rc files. Mine mounts automatically with no problem with the > following line: > > /dev/ad0s1 /windows ntfs ro 2 0 Hi Kevin, Since the second from the last column is the "dump frequency" and I wouldn't really expect anyone to take backups of NTFS volumes with dump(8) and restore(8), you can safely use a second zero there too: /dev/ad0s1 /windows ntfs ro 0 0 Regards, Giorgos
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