[K12OSN] /etc/fstab + mount question.

[Petre Scheie]

What happens when you run 'mount -a' with the nfs mount in /etc/fstab?

Petre

Frank Lee wrote:
> Good Morning.
> 
> This seems so simple, yet I can't seem to get it.    I've had K12LTSP up 
> and running no problem for some time now.  The only thing that I could 
> never get to work was getting /etc/fstab to mount the server partition 
> automatically when the computer boots.  This has not been a problem 
> until this winter when we seem to be losing power every weekend.  I'd 
> rather have it work on boot than to reenter the mount command.
> 
> This command run from the command line works like a charm:
> 
> [root at server]# mount 
> server.domain.org:/Network/Servers/server.domain.org/Volumes/StudentShare/Students 
> /Network/Servers/server.domain.org/Volumes/StudentShare/Students
> 
> However, adding this to the /etc/fstab and then on reboot to test, 
> doesn't work ([failed] on boot):
> 
> server.domain.org:/Network/Servers/server.domain.org/Volumes/StudentShare/Students    
> /Network/Servers/server.domain.org/Volumes/StudentShare/Students       
> nfs     auto,user,exec,rw,sync  0 0
> 
> I also tried changing nfs filesystem type to auto in /etc/fstab (also 
> [failed] on boot):
> 
> Attempting to run the original mount command after the change in 
> /etc/fstab predictably returns the following error-F
> 
> [root at server]# mount 
> server.domain.org:/Network/Servers/server.domain.org/Volumes/StudentShare/Students 
> /Network/Servers/server.domain.org/Volumes/StudentShare/Students
> mount: 
> server.domain.org:/Network/Servers/server.domain.org/Volumes/StudentShare/Students 
> already mounted or 
> /Network/Servers/server.domain.org/Volumes/StudentShare/Students busy
> mount: according to mtab, 
> server.domain.org:/Network/Servers/server.domain.org/Volumes/StudentShare/Students 
> is already mounted on 
> /Network/Servers/server.domain.org/Volumes/StudentShare/Students
> 
> I'm running the latest flavor K12LTSP 4.2 and the mount point is a share 
> on a MacOSX server.
> 
> Thanx!
> 
> -F
> -- 
> Frank P. Lee
> Old Orchard Beach Schools
> 
> 
> 
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