From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 19 23:55:55 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id XAA03912 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 19 Aug 1997 23:55:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from snitterly.nanoteq.co.za (snitterly.nanoteq.co.za [163.195.221.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA03896 for ; Tue, 19 Aug 1997 23:55:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pc-pvl.nanoteq.co.za (pc-pvl.nanoteq.co.za [163.195.219.103]) by snitterly.nanoteq.co.za (8.8.3/8.8.3) with SMTP id IAA12144 for ; Wed, 20 Aug 1997 08:58:10 GMT Received: by pc-pvl.nanoteq.co.za with Microsoft Mail id <01BCAD46.BAF2EDD0@pc-pvl.nanoteq.co.za>; Wed, 20 Aug 1997 08:54:55 -0000 Message-ID: <01BCAD46.BAF2EDD0@pc-pvl.nanoteq.co.za> From: "P. van Leeuwen" To: "'s005jfc@discover.wright.edu'" , Questions FreeBSD Subject: RE: How to stop automactically mounting MSDOS partition @ boot? Date: Wed, 20 Aug 1997 08:50:15 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk /etc/fstab P. van Leeuwen pvl@nanoteq.com http://www.nanoteq.co.za -----Original Message----- From: Jamie Clark [SMTP:jamie@erinet.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 1997 6:08 PM To: Questions FreeBSD Subject: How to stop automactically mounting MSDOS partition @ boot? 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