Date: Tue, 19 Aug 1997 11:55:24 -0500 From: Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@americantv.com> To: s005jfc@discover.wright.edu Cc: Questions FreeBSD <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: How to stop automactically mounting MSDOS partition @ boot? Message-ID: <19970819115524.36084@right.PCS> In-Reply-To: <33F9C4F7.9183F456@erinet.com>; from Jamie Clark on Aug 08, 1997 at 12:08:23PM -0400 References: <33F9C4F7.9183F456@erinet.com>
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On Aug 08, 1997 at 12:08:23PM -0400, Jamie Clark wrote: > I was wondering which file controls what is mounted at boot time. I'd like > to delete the line that automatically mounts my bootable Windows 95 > partition. At the time I created the file system, I thought I wanted to > always have that partition mounted, but since the FreeBSD kernel support for > Windows 95 file system is less than what I'd have it be. I've decided to use > mtools to access that partition. To use mtools to access that section of the > disk, I always have to umount it from the file system. I know I can > re-install FreeBSD to correct this miscalculation, but I thought someone out > there knew a less drastic measure. /etc/fstab. Either comment out the line containing the particular partition, or add "noauto" to the options field to prevent automatic mounting. -- Jonathan
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