[xinhua.ji]

Hi,

I have a question about 'mount' options. The man page of mount tells that in order to use a 'short cut' mount command I can add a line into /etc/fstab like below:
host_home /mnt/host_home vboxsf ro,noexec,async,nouser 0 0
so that I can always simply use
mount host_home
to mount the file system on without typing long options.

However, I do not want host_home to be mounted during boot time ('mount -a'), the 'mount' man page suggests I add a 'noauto' option in fstab file, like below:
host_home /mnt/host_home vboxsf ro,noexec,async,nouser,noauto 0 0
This works well too as I no longer get host_home to be mounted during boot time.

However, now when I mount the file system explicitly using
mount host_home
I got the error message:
unknown mount option 'noauto'

I am so very confused since noauto apparently has effect during boot time (I checked rc.sysinit script and saw the 'mount -a' there), now it is not even recognized?

I am guessing since I am mounting a special file system is it possible noauto option is passed to the special mount program (/sbin/mount.vboxsf) and not recognized by the latter? But I am not sure and I also thinks noauto is such a common option it should be dealt with by 'mount' itself and should not be passed along.

Anybody familiar with this can shed some light? Thanks!

[abdul raziq]

hi xinhua.ji,
as my knowleadge if you are using the simple commands
mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/win

if you want to mount auto after every restart than you use /etc/fstab

/dev/sda7 /mnt/Raziq vfat defaults,umask=0 0 0

its work 100%. i am also using the same. i hope both commands are very help full for you.
any problem feel free to contact with same liunxforum

best regards

Raziq

[xinhua.ji]

Hi Raziq, thanks for your reply!

Though I acknowledge by typing the full command as 'mount -t vboxsf -o ... host_home /mnt/host_home' it will work, what I seek is a shortcut form like 'mount host_home', promised by the 'mount' man page, as long as proper line is added into fstab. But I also do not want it to be mounted automatically during boot.

I've spent much time on this and now I think maybe I am too lazy and why not just use the long and complete command... but if what I seek is feasible I am glad to hear about it...

Thanks again!