Why is my /etc/fstab being ignored.

[Joe(theWordy)Philbrook]

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It would appear that on Apr 8, Matthew Flaschen did say:

> Joe(theWordy)Philbrook wrote:

> >> noauto should do it.  Please attach your entire /etc/fstab file.
> > 
> > OK see attached...
 
> Thanks.  Now which are being automounted?  I noted that you have
> conflicting entries for several removable media entries, which I don't
> believe is allowed.  For comparison, my fstab is attached to this
> message.  I have only one cd entry, but I can still burn and read both
> cds and dvds thanks to udev.  I don't really know how floppies work on

Well the multiple entries for removable media may not be "allowed" but
they work. I've used my own NON-standard mountpoints for every
distribution I've ever put on my pc. I don't eliminate the mountpoints
the default fstab(s) used because I don't know if some software may
depend on them implicitly. I suppose that I could replace mine with
symlinks to the mountpoints the installer likes... If they stop working
I may bother... 

But I'd still need 2 cd entries as my dvd-rom is NOT the same physical
device as my cd-rw...

As far as which ones are being automounted...

ALL of them! 

Note that I haven't yet manually mounted anything since my last boot.
though /dev/hda6  & /dev/hdc5 are both mounted by my .bash_profile except
that mount complains they are already mounted...

Also when I booted, there was an error when whatever is mounting these
partitions tried to mount /dev/hdc3 (something about the file system
type) Probably because I just attempted (unsuccessfully) to install
"simply mepis" on it and the installer insisted on ext3... my fstab entry
says ext2 so maybe my fstab isn't being completely ignored...

Speaking of which: Please see my other list message posted 4-2-07
Subject: Warning: device /dev/hda1 is already handled by /etc/fstab
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0704021214040.6493 at localhost.localdomain>
It might give a clue...

Otherwise NOTHING with an fstab entry saying noauto should be mounted.

:r !df
Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/hdc4             15377852   9185668   5411024  63% /
varrun                  127988        76    127912   1% /var/run
varlock                 127988         4    127984   1% /var/lock
procbususb               10240       164     10076   2% /proc/bus/usb
udev                     10240       164     10076   2% /dev
devshm                  127988         0    127988   0% /dev/shm
lrm                     127988     17580    110408  14% /lib/modules/2.6.17-11-generic/volatile
/dev/hdc8              4806904   1559192   3003528  35% /the-j-home/hdc8
/dev/hda1              5114684   3894500   1220184  77% /theWin98/hda1
/dev/hda3             15377852  12115244   2481448  83% /theJourney/hda3
/dev/hda4             13464644  10656656   2124024  84% /theUnSpeakable/hda4
/dev/hda5              3070396    363856   2706540  12% /drv-e/hda5
/dev/hda6              1004024    821824    131196  87% /home/jtwdyp/images
/dev/hdc1              2096160     27968   2068192   2% /drv-d/drdos/hdc1
/dev/hdc5               830104    142300    645636  19% /home/jtwdyp/mail
/dev/hdc6               474443    130686    319260  30% /theBoot/hdc6
/dev/hdc7              2885780   2438448    300744  90% /home/jtwdyp/RoastHere_hdc7
/dev/hdc9               964500    440972    474532  49% /theTMP/hdc9
/dev/hdc10            15401436  14529508     89568 100% /theBigTmp/hdc10

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