From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 19 11:04:08 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id LAA23498 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 19 Aug 1997 11:04:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from beowulf.utmb.edu (beowulf.utmb.edu [129.109.59.83]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA23480 for ; Tue, 19 Aug 1997 11:03:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from bdodson@localhost) by beowulf.utmb.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) id NAA00990; Tue, 19 Aug 1997 13:01:39 -0500 (CDT) Date: Tue, 19 Aug 1997 13:01:39 -0500 (CDT) From: "M. L. Dodson" Message-Id: <199708191801.NAA00990@beowulf.utmb.edu> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, s005jfc@discover.wright.edu Subject: Re: How to stop automactically mounting MSDOS partition @ boot? X-Sun-Charset: US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk man fstab > > 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. > > I will be greatly appreciative if someone can help toward an intelligent > solution. > > Thank you for time and effort. > > James F. Clark, III > > -- > To be truly aware of your effect on others is to be truly conscious. > jamie@erinet.com; 40 Newton Drive, Pleasant Hill, OH 45359-9603 (937)676-2856 > > > -- M. L. Dodson bdodson@scms.utmb.edu 409-772-2178 FAX: 409-772-1790