automount can it be disabled for harddisks?

[polle58]

Hi my pc has various os (linux, macosx86, windows) everything works fine, but when I start up macosx86 I always get an errro about diskd that can bemounted and the queston to initialize these disks.

the error comes from my other OS's , tehy use a file system that isn't supported by aplle (reiserfs)Is ther a way to disable thes disk in automounter ,or to edit a file like fstab so that I don't get that error anymore?

 

thanks

[launchcontrol]

Prevent a Volume from Auto-Mounting

 

1 Create a file (using TextEdit in plain text without any extension) called "fstab"

2 The following line should be added to prevent a Windows NTFS volume from auto-mounting:

 

LABEL=Mirror none ntfs ro,noauto 0 0

 

Note: "Mirror" is the volume name

Note: "nfts" is for Windows NTFS filesystems and works.

Change to "ext3" for linux (I never tried, let me know if it works)

Change to "vfat" for Fat32 (I never tried, let me know if it works)

 

 

3 The file needs to be moved to the hidden /etc/ folder. Place file in the root directory of your mac os harddrive

 

4 Open up terminal and type the following:

sudo -s

[type in the password]

 

mv /fstab /etc/ folder

exit

 

5 You can quit Terminal and Reboot

[SDRacer48]

Prevent a Volume from Auto-Mounting

 

1 Create a file (using TextEdit in plain text without any extension) called "fstab"

2 The following line should be added to prevent a Windows NTFS volume from auto-mounting:

 

 

 

Note: "Mirror" is the volume name

Note: "nfts" is for Windows NTFS filesystems and works.

Change to "ext3" for linux (I never tried, let me know if it works)

Change to "vfat" for Fat32 (I never tried, let me know if it works)

 

 

3 The file needs to be moved to the hidden /etc/ folder. Place file in the root directory of your mac os harddrive

 

4 Open up terminal and type the following:

sudo -s

[type in the password]

 

mv /fstab /etc/ folder

exit

 

5 You can quit Terminal and Reboot

 

you can also create the fstab file by just opening terminal and typing sudo nana /etc/fstab. this will also automatically create the fstab file in the /etc/ directory for you.

 

if "vfat" doesn't work for fat32. use "msdos" or "ms_dos". i havent tried this though.

 

also, if you have say a leopard and tiger install and do not want to see them, use "hfs" for any hfs or hfs extended volume.

 

Here is the original thread.

[polle58]

tried it, but no luck created the etc/fstab file and wrote this in it:

 

LABEL=Untitled none reiserfs ro,noauto 0 0

LABEL=Untitled none ext3 ro,noauto 0 0

LABEL=Untitled none ext2 ro,noauto 0 0

 

but the disk insertation failure at login still occurs

 

EDIT: after installing the ext2 support for macos I don't get any errors anymore, but the ext2 and ext3 filesystems are now mounted readonly, the reiserfs is not mounted

As I don't get any errors anymore I'm satisfied with the result

 

thanks for helping

[hecker]

you can also create the fstab file by just opening terminal and typing sudo nana /etc/fstab.

Just to clarify: The command is "sudo nano" not "sudo nana".

[polle58]

yeah already got that (I'm using nano under linux also)

[ktbos]

Perhaps the noauto isn't working because they are "Untitled". Boot into Windows, give the partitions names and then you should see names in MacOS. Perhaps then, the noauto will work with the names you define? (Old post, I know, but since it kept coming up when I was doing searches, I thought others might have a similar issue.)

[psyklops]

im having this issue as well on a fresh install of iAtkos v7 (10.5.7).

 

I haven't installed the linux ext/ext3 drivers for OSX as I don't need access to the linux partitions. Also, even if I did, the partitions are ext4 (Fedora) which I don't think is supported with the driver.

 

Any thoughts or workarounds?

 

I've tried the '/etc/hostconfig/' file but that doesn't work.