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Why does my fstab not mount after reboot?
I have added the following line to my /etc/fstab (with the correct IP…): Typing as root mount -a mounts the drive, but after reboot I have to mount it manually again. On my other computers, it always works after reboot.
Which is better fstab or disk mount point?
One disadvantage over the fstab method is the device will be mounted in /media/disk_label with no option to choose another mount-point. One advantage is you do not need root access to mount or unmount the drive. Not the answer you’re looking for?
Do you need to use fstab to Mount CIFS?
If you don’t want hacks and use the builtin advanced mounting features, you need to use /etc/fstab and never look back. noauto will stop the no-brainer actions like forcibly mounting whatsoever at booting regardless if the network is up or not.
Why does my share Mount not mount at boot?
It appears that, after looking through my system logs, fstab is being read before my network interfaces are coming online. Is there any edit I can make to the fstab entry that would alter this? The fstab entry for mounting the share is: It mounts fine after boot when I issue sudo mount -a and there are no other issues with it.
I have a CIFS share on my NAS that I want to have mounted at boot – it’s used by my MythTV server as the main media store. I added an entry into fstab to have it mount but it doesn’t.
Why does my hard drive not mount after reboot?
Typing as root mount -a mounts the drive, but after reboot I have to mount it manually again. On my other computers, it always works after reboot. What can the problem be? PC is under Linux Mint 17 (~ Ubuntu 14.04).
What do dmask and fmask mean in fstab?
If anyone could also explain what dmask and fmask mean, that would be appreciated. to /etc/fstab. The additional ,user in the options field allows any user to mount this filesystem, not just root. dmask and fmask is the permissions for directories and files respectively. It is an octal number.
What to do if Linux Mint is showing Error?
It is showing error. You can use \ for space. That is hex value for ASCII (and utf-8 encoded) space. Or you can use the octal variant \\040. If you are not to familiar with ASCII fun install ascii and: