From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Aug 7 08:27:45 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.11/8.6.6) id IAA12727 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 7 Aug 1995 08:27:45 -0700 Received: from fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov (fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov [137.75.131.171]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.11/8.6.6) with SMTP id IAA12697 for ; Mon, 7 Aug 1995 08:27:40 -0700 Received: by fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov (5.57/Ultrix3.0-C) id AA17962; Mon, 7 Aug 95 15:27:00 GMT Received: by emu.fsl.noaa.gov (1.38.193.4/SMI-4.1 (1.38.193.4)) id AA15089; Mon, 7 Aug 1995 09:26:57 -0600 Date: Mon, 7 Aug 1995 09:26:57 -0600 From: kelly@fsl.noaa.gov (Sean Kelly) Message-Id: <9508071526.AA15089@emu.fsl.noaa.gov> To: davidg@root.com Cc: simon@masi.ibp.fr, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199508071414.HAA00196@corbin.Root.COM> (message from David Greenman on Mon, 07 Aug 1995 07:14:26 -0700) Subject: Re: patch adding the 'noauto' switch to 'mount' Sender: hackers-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk >>>>> "David" == David Greenman writes: David> That's an interesting option, but the "-a" switch stands David> for "all" - not "auto". I suppose the first question that David> comes to mind is: if you don't want the filesystem mounted David> with "-a", then why are you putting it in fstab? Since fstab is a great place to collect the arcane mount options for various various filesystems; it's easier to type ``mount /blah'' than ``mount -o xyorg -mapping finnish -r -t xj /dev/spec/cd918028vca.189a /blah'' -- Sean Kelly NOAA Forecast Systems Lab, Boulder Colorado USA I bet the one legend that keeps recurring throughout history, in every culture, is the story of Popeye. -- Jack Handey