On 23 March 2014 17:34, Arthur Dent <misc.lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sun, 2014-03-23 at 16:20 +0100, Patrick Laimbock wrote:
> On 23-03-14 16:08, Arthur Dent wrote:
> [snip]
> > Sorry for the noise. I guess I should open another thread, but does
> > anyone know how to auto-mount an external HD ONLY if it's present?
>
> Have a look at the 'nofail' option (see man fstab). Or add the 'noauto'
> option to the fstab entry for that HD and try to mount the HD in
> /etc/rc.local only if it's present.
Thanks - I tried the nofail option. This is the line I have now:
UUID=BCD0A565D0A5269C /mnt/Backup ntfs-3g nofail,auto,noatime,rw, 0 0
but trying a mount -a with the drive NOT present gives me:
mount: /mnt/Backup: mount failed: Invalid argument
(I haven't tried rebooting yet).
Which is correct. The nofail option basically tells the system to go on with the boot if that device doesn't exist at boot.
Any ideas?
Thanks again...
Mark
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