Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:09:22 +0000 From: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Partition naming, fstab, and geli Message-ID: <20091116150922.6a2b5553@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <2daa8b4e0911151823sd98f726ma4b8eebf05b16dd0@mail.gmail.com> References: <2daa8b4e0911151823sd98f726ma4b8eebf05b16dd0@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:23:15 -0700 David Allen <the.real.david.allen@gmail.com> wrote: > 2. My second question is in regards to using the 'xx' fstype to have > the system ignore that device. > > Consider, for example, a geli encrypted partition. The .eli device > doesn't exist at boot time. I discovered by accident that the system > won't boot with an fstab entry for a device that doesn't exist. So > if I was to record an entry in fstab, I couldn't use > > /dev/ad1e.eli /home/david/private ufs rw 0 0 > geli partitions can exist at mount time, but you either have to be present at the console to type-in the pass-phrase or configure it to use a passfile. If you attach your geli-partitions manually then you can either set the fstab entries to noauto, or omit them altogether.
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