fstab vfat boot hang

[jim lawrence]

On Mar 31, 2005 4:19 PM, Gary Stainburn <gary.stainburn at ringways.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi folks.
> 
> If I have the following line (below, line-wrapped single line) in my
> /etc/fstab my machine hangs during bootup at the fsck stage complaining
> that VFAT checking is still ALPHA.  There is no HDD activity.
> 
> If I boot in rescue mode and remove the line the box boots fine.
> 
> What do I need to do to the line so I can leave it it and still have the
> machine boot.  I've tried 'nocheck' and 'check=no' as possible options.
> 
> Gary
> 
> /dev/hda1               /mnt/dos                vfat
> umask=0222,uid=500,gid=500      1       1
> 
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This is what I use  
/dev/hda5 /home/jim/windrive     vfat          
rw,nodev,uid=jim,gid=jim,noexec 0 0

just created a folder in my home dir and added the above to /etc/fstab

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Jim Lawrence
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