Help with /etc/fstab file for automatic mounting during boot

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server SLES Install-Boot
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Hello All,

I have been following this documentation to get these drives to automatically mount during boot.
https://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7000932
I am using SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11(x86_64)
Version = 11
Patch Level = 3

However, I can only get the drives to mount if I enter the "Sudo mount -a " command into the terminal.

This is the current format of the line I am working on in the /etc/fstab file.

//IP/charts /media/nss/MEDIA/charts cifs auto,user=xxxxxx,password=xxxxxxx 0 0

I also tried adding _netdev and this did not work.

//IP/charts /media/nss/MEDIA/charts cifs [COLOR="#FF0000"]_netdev[/COLOR],auto,user=xxxxxx,password=xxxxxxx 0 0

Please advise.
Thank you.

  • Victoria
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Hi
Sounds like the network is not up in time…

Add a cronjob for root;

@reboot /usr/bin/mount -a

Or create an init script to run after the network is up to add the mount points.

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[QUOTE]Add a cronjob for root;
Code:

@reboot /usr/bin/mount -a

[/QUOTE]

Hello,
Sorry I am a bit new to linux.
Where should I be adding this code?

Thanks for your help.

4

Hi
As root user in a terminal run;

crontab -e

press i (to insert) then add the line indicated, then press esc : w q
that will write the change and quit the crontab vi type editor, to
check all is good, run;

crontab -l

# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall.
# (/tmp/crontab.5AyYqv installed on Wed Apr 27 17:05:34 2016)
# (Cronie version 4.2)
@reboot	/usr/bin/mount -a

Then try your reboot and see if the remote shares mount.

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vlee93 Wrote in message:
[color=blue]

I have been following this documentation to get these drives to
automatically mount during boot.
https://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7000932
I am using SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11(x86_64)
Version = 11
Patch Level = 3

However, I can only get the drives to mount if I enter the "Sudo mount
-a " command into the terminal.

This is the current format of the line I am working on in the /etc/fstab
file.

Code:

//IP/charts /media/nss/MEDIA/charts cifs auto,user=xxxxxx,password=xxxxxxx 0 0

I also tried adding _netdev and this did not work.

Code:

//IP/charts /media/nss/MEDIA/charts cifs _netdev,auto,user=xxxxxx,password=xxxxxxx 0 0

Please advise.[/color]

Given your reference to “/media/nss/MEDIA/charts” is the server
you’re trying this on running Novell Open Enterprise Server (OES)
11? Please post the output from “cat /etc/*release”.

HTH.

Simon Flood
SUSE Knowledge Partner

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[QUOTE=malcolmlewis;32394]Hi
As root user in a terminal run;

crontab -e

press i (to insert) then add the line indicated, then press esc : w q
that will write the change and quit the crontab vi type editor, to
check all is good, run;

crontab -l

# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall.
# (/tmp/crontab.5AyYqv installed on Wed Apr 27 17:05:34 2016)
# (Cronie version 4.2)
@reboot	/usr/bin/mount -a

Then try your reboot and see if the remote shares mount.
[/QUOTE]

Hello again,
Thank you for the clear instructions. However, after a reboot they did not mount. :frowning:
I’m not sure where to go from here. It just seems like they don’t want to stay mounted after a reboot!

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[QUOTE=smflood;32396]vlee93 Wrote in message:
[color=blue]

I have been following this documentation to get these drives to
automatically mount during boot.
https://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7000932
I am using SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11(x86_64)
Version = 11
Patch Level = 3

However, I can only get the drives to mount if I enter the "Sudo mount
-a " command into the terminal.

This is the current format of the line I am working on in the /etc/fstab
file.

Code:

//IP/charts /media/nss/MEDIA/charts cifs auto,user=xxxxxx,password=xxxxxxx 0 0

I also tried adding _netdev and this did not work.

Code:

//IP/charts /media/nss/MEDIA/charts cifs _netdev,auto,user=xxxxxx,password=xxxxxxx 0 0

Please advise.[/color]

Given your reference to “/media/nss/MEDIA/charts” is the server
you’re trying this on running Novell Open Enterprise Server (OES)
11? Please post the output from “cat /etc/*release”.
[/QUOTE]

Hello,

Yes it is Novell Open Enterprise Server 11

[CODE]# cat /etc/*release
LSB_VERSION=“core-2.0-noarch:core-3.2-noarch:core-4.0-noarch:core-2.0-x86_64:core-3.2-x86_64:core-4.0-x86_64”
Novell Open Enterprise Server 11 (x86_64)
VERSION = 11.2
PATCHLEVEL = 2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86_64)
VERSION = 11
PATCHLEVEL = 3

[/CODE]

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On 28/04/16 16:24, vlee93 wrote:
[color=blue]

Yes it is Novell Open Enterprise Server 11

Code:

 # cat /etc/*release

LSB_VERSION=“core-2.0-noarch:core-3.2-noarch:core-4.0-noarch:core-2.0-x86_64:core-3.2-x86_64:core-4.0-x86_64”
Novell Open Enterprise Server 11 (x86_64)
VERSION = 11.2
PATCHLEVEL = 2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86_64)
VERSION = 11
PATCHLEVEL = 3

--------------------[/color]

So you want to mount //IP/charts to the sub-directory charts of the
mounted NSS volume MEDIA (/media/nss/MEDIA/charts)?

I suspect that during server startup the mount via /etc/fstab is
attempted before the NSS volume has mounted.

HTH.

Simon
SUSE Knowledge Partner

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Perhaps you can point me in the right direction of the other suggestion about the init script?

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[QUOTE=smflood;32402]On 28/04/16 16:24, vlee93 wrote:
[color=blue]

Yes it is Novell Open Enterprise Server 11

Code:

 # cat /etc/*release

LSB_VERSION=“core-2.0-noarch:core-3.2-noarch:core-4.0-noarch:core-2.0-x86_64:core-3.2-x86_64:core-4.0-x86_64”
Novell Open Enterprise Server 11 (x86_64)
VERSION = 11.2
PATCHLEVEL = 2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86_64)
VERSION = 11
PATCHLEVEL = 3

--------------------[/color]

So you want to mount //IP/charts to the sub-directory charts of the
mounted NSS volume MEDIA (/media/nss/MEDIA/charts)?

I suspect that during server startup the mount via /etc/fstab is
attempted before the NSS volume has mounted.
[/QUOTE]

Yes. It gets mounted when I do it manually using sudo mount -a but during a reboot it does not work automatically.

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Hi Victoria,

I guess the question is: When working through the /etc/fstab file, is /media/nss/MEDIA already available when the fstab entry for /media/nss/MEDIA/charts is processed.

Either /media/nss/MEDIA is the result of some later startup of a subsystem, or it even may be as simple as a question of ordering in /etc/fstab.

As a work-around you could place an according mount statement (a simple “mount /media/nss/MEDIA/charts”) into /etc/init.d/after.local, which is run after all services for a runlevel have been started.

Regards,
Jens

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Hello everyone,

This issue was fixed after adding a sudo mount-a command into the init.d file.
Thank you for all your help.