From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 19 09:54:52 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id JAA18666 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 19 Aug 1997 09:54:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sumatra.americantv.com (sumatra.americantv.com [207.170.17.37]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA18660 for ; Tue, 19 Aug 1997 09:54:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from right.PCS (right.PCS [148.105.10.31]) by sumatra.americantv.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA21150; Tue, 19 Aug 1997 12:11:49 -0500 (CDT) Received: (jlemon@localhost) by right.PCS (8.6.13/8.6.4) id LAA04553; Tue, 19 Aug 1997 11:55:24 -0500 Message-ID: <19970819115524.36084@right.PCS> Date: Tue, 19 Aug 1997 11:55:24 -0500 From: Jonathan Lemon To: s005jfc@discover.wright.edu Cc: Questions FreeBSD Subject: Re: How to stop automactically mounting MSDOS partition @ boot? References: <33F9C4F7.9183F456@erinet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.61.1 In-Reply-To: <33F9C4F7.9183F456@erinet.com>; from Jamie Clark on Aug 08, 1997 at 12:08:23PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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