[ubuntu-uk] mount and fstab query

[Tyler J. Wagner]

On Thursday 15 July 2010 19:19:18 Bob Giles wrote:
> Thank you all for your suggestions and references. This does indeed
> appear to be a timing problem.
> 
> The power supply here in Greece where I live has been particularly
> tiresome lately and as a result, everything gets powered down overnight.
> Tyler's suggestion seems to be the way to go. I did not realise that
> networking started on bootup as opposed to login.

To be exact, basic networking (localhost) starts at boot. Networking by cable 
MAY start at boot, but usually at login. Wireless only starts at login as it 
needs access to your keyring to get the key.

But mounting from fstab always happens at boot.

Tyler

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