Ahmad Samir <ahmadsamir3891@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >>>> > 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 > [...] >>>> >>>> One of the arguments is missing and thus considered as invalid? >>>> >>>> You might make a bug report because this error message is misleading. >>>> >>>> >>> You're right, I missed it before. There's an extra "," after rw in the >>> mount options. >> >> I'll need to test that again, adding "," doesn't seem to make a difference >> on my box, could be something wrong with my setup or something I am not >> getting correctly (sorry for the noise). > > Third time is a charm. > > It's not the extra "," ; having a "," at the end of the mount options in > fstab doesn't have any effect i.e. mounting the device works. > > The error "mount: /mnt/Backup: mount failed: Invalid argument" is due to > the device not being present in the system, which is correct but the > message is confusing as lee said (apparently confused more than others :)). IMO the message is misleading because there is no invalid argument but one is missing. Man fstab says: ,---- | Each filesystem is described on a | separate line; fields on each line are separated by tabs or spaces. | | [...] | | The fourth field (fs_mntops). | This field describes the mount options associated with the | filesystem. | | It is formatted as a comma separated list of options. `---- A comma at the end of the fourth field would indicate that something is missing. Perhaps the whole field is considered as an "invalid argument" in that case. You seem to say that a misplaced comma is silently ignored. That won`t be good, either. Man fstab also says: ,---- | nofail do not report errors for this device if it does not | exist. `---- Unless the man page is wrong or there is a bug, you would not get the error message you`re getting, provided that your mount options are correct. -- Fedora release 20 (Heisenbug) -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
