Configuring Mount Options For Devices; Section 4.5, "Configuring Mount Options For Devices - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 SP2 - STORAGE ADMINISTRATION GUIDE 05-15-2009 Administration Manual

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Primary Partition: Click Yes for a primary partition, or click No for a logical partition.
Required settings are denoted in the page by an asterisk (*). All required fields must be
completed to make the Create button active.
5 Click Create to create the segment.
6 Verify that the new segment appears in the Segment list.

4.5 Configuring Mount Options for Devices

The following table describes the Fstab Options that are configurable in YaST. The values are
written to the
/etc/fstab
Fstab Options in YaST
Table 4-3
Fstab Option
Description
Mount by
Volume label
A useful name to help you easily identify the volume on the server. By default,
this field is empty.
Mount read-only
Select the check box to enable this option. It is deselected (disabled) by default.
If this option is enabled, files and directories cannot be modified or saved on the
volume.
No access time
Select the check box to enable this option. It is deselected (disabled) by default.
By default, the Linux
file is opened. The No Access Time option disables the updating of access
time, so that reading a file does not update its access time. Enabling the No
Access Time option allows you to back up a volume without modifying the
access times of its files.
Mountable by user
Select the check box to enable this option. It is deselected (disabled) by default.
If this option is enabled, the volume can be mounted by any user;
privileges are not required.
Do Not Mount at
Select the check box to enable this option. It is deselected (disabled) by default.
System Start-up
The system volumes such as
at system start. For other volumes, enable this option for a volume if you want
to mount it manually later using the mount command at a terminal console
prompt.
file and are applied upon reboot.
Device name (K) (default, such as /dev/sda2)
Volume label (L)
Make sure to also specify a value in Volume Label.
UUID (U)
For information about why you might want to discover partitions and
devices by UUID, see
Section 3.2.1, "Using UUIDs to Assemble or
Activate File System Devices," on page
Device ID (I)
Device Path (P)
open(2)
/boot
32.
command updates the access time whenever a
,
swap
, and root (
/
) should all be mounted
root
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