There is a kernel option you can give to solve this problem, in /boot/grub/grub.con add to the end of the kernel line: rootdelay Xs where x is the amounty of time to wait before /root is mounted, however this is valid for everything else as well. play with X until you get it right. Jobst On Thu, Feb 04, 2010 at 02:15:25PM +0100, Mogens Kjaer (mk at crc.dk) wrote: > I have a CentOS 5 machine with an external 500G USB disk, > formatted with JFS. > > How do I get this to mount automatically at boot time? > > If I add to /etc/fstab: > > /dev/sdb1 /var/video jfs defaults 1 2 > > fsck.jfs complains at boot time: > > Error: Cannot open device /dev/sdb1 > > Usage: fsck.jfs ... > > ... > > Give root password for maintenance > ... > > If I log in with the root password, /dev/sdb1 > is present, and I can run > > fsck.jfs -f /dev/sdb1 > > without problems. After ctrl-D it reboots, and gives > the above error again. > > I have to log in as root, remount,rw / and remove > the /dev/sdb1 line from /etc/fstab to get it to boot. > > The problem is not related to JFS; it occurs with > an external ext3 file system as well. > > How do I mount /dev/sdb1 automatically at boot? > > Mogens > > -- > Mogens Kjaer, Carlsberg A/S, Computer Department > Gamle Carlsberg Vej 10, DK-2500 Valby, Denmark > Phone: +45 33 27 53 25, Mobile: +45 22 12 53 25 > Email: mk at crc.dk Homepage: http://www.crc.dk > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- Diplomacy: The art of saying, "Nice Doggy," until you can find a stick. | |0| | Jobst Schmalenbach, jobst at barrett.com.au, General Manager | | |0| Barrett Consulting Group P/L & The Meditation Room P/L |0|0|0| +61 3 9532 7677, POBox 277, Caulfield South, 3162, Australia