Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2010 11:58:19 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: claudiu vasadi <claudiu.vasadi@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: mountpoint not existent, droping to single user mode Message-ID: <20100822115819.c8997ef3.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=tgWEzEO0jYcs%2BbS8gR1OtYkgs1VoeVjbJ4h4i@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTinwoznyv0D-7YFQA2nUy-%2BU_Q_E2nd_udPX9B5C@mail.gmail.com> <20100822101933.4e53626f.freebsd@edvax.de> <AANLkTi=tgWEzEO0jYcs%2BbS8gR1OtYkgs1VoeVjbJ4h4i@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, 22 Aug 2010 11:27:02 +0200, claudiu vasadi <claudiu.vasadi@gmail.com> wrote: > ok, so I will make a secondary mount script that would check and mount any > "non-OS-related" mp's. > > This would include setting all "non-OS" mp's to "noauto" in fstab and > creating a secondary script to read fstab, check if all is in order and > finally mount, or exit in error. This way, the OS sticks to it's ideology > and the "secondary" mp's do not interfere with that ideology in any way. You can use "lazy man's" /etc/rc.local, or write an rc.d style script, or simply mount it manually when needed. For example, I have a second disk for "operated backups", with noauto in /etc/fstab, which I mount manually on the occassions I want to use it, so it's kept unmounted when not needed (good for security, good for my mind). :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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