> In /etc/fstab I have:- > /dev/sda4 /mnt/pd ext2 rw,users,noauto 0 0 > > whenever I boot up /dev/sda4 is always mounted. Why is that? Well, that's what fstab is for, so all is well. If you didn't want to mount this partition at boot, why did you add this entry in fstab ?? -- Vince