On Mon, Feb 21, 2000 at 09:07:29AM +0100, Thomas Delaet wrote: > Hey everyone, > > I have troubles mounting my /var filesystem. > This is my fstab file > # /etc/fstab: static file system information. > # > # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> > <pass> > > /dev/hda1 / ext2 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 > /dev/hda2 none swap sw 0 0 > proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 > /dev/hdc2 /var ext2 defaults 0 1
I'd suggest changing the pass from 1 to 2. At least that's what the manual suggests for other than '/' filesystems (man fstab). > /dev/hdc3 none swap sw 0 0 > > And These are the command which are executed on startup concerning > mounting of partitions : > mount -avt nonfs,noproc > swapon -a 2>/dev/null > > At shutdown the following commands are executed : > > halt -w > swapoff -a > umount -a -r > mount -n -o remount,ro / > > After I started my PC, the /var filesystems doesn't appear in the > /etc/mtab table. Perhaps you don't have an empty directory "var" on the root partition? Try booting into single user mode then, "$ mount /var". What happens? > > This is my /etc/mtab table : > > /dev/hda1 / ext2 rw,errors=remount-ro 0 0 > proc /proc proc rw 0 0 > devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,gid=5,mode=620 0 0 > > And when I start up I got the message : filesystem not cleanly unmounted -- +----------------------------------------------------+ | Eric G. Miller egm2@jps.net | | GnuPG public key: http://www.jps.net/egm2/gpg.asc | +----------------------------------------------------+