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David B
Asked: 2010-10-18 05:31:58 +0800 CST

Can mount using mount but not using /etc/fstab

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I can mount my remote server home using:

mount servername:/home /mnt/home

but this only lasts until reboot.

I added the following the the end of /etc/fstab:

servername:/home /mnt/home

but I get an error while restarting saying mount failed. I opened the (recovery?) console as suggested by the error message, there I could see the server is not recognized. I also tried pinging its IP but it was unreachable. Perhaps this is because we're using a proxy?

So, what can I do to mount this location permanently?

10.10 mount

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  1. Best Answer

    Entries in /etc/fstab normally have four to six fields; I'm not sure if omitting the third field (filesystem type) and fourth field (options) will work. Try

    servername:/home  /mnt/home  nfs  auto

    In fact one problem I can foresee is that since the filesystem type is not present, the boot scripts try to mount the filesystem too early. If you explicitly specify a network filesystem, that filesystem is mounted only when the network is up.

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