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Ruiwen Chua  
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 More options Sep 1 2012, 12:10 am
From: Ruiwen Chua <rwc...@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2012 12:10:18 +0800
Local: Sat, Sep 1 2012 12:10 am
Subject: Re: [HackerspaceSG] Prevent auto-mounting of partition in OSX

Yep did that in the end, thanks!

[sudo] vifs appears to create an empty template into which you can stick
the expected /etc/fstab config lines. Works like a charm now =)

Eugene sent this very handy link:
http://superuser.com/questions/336455/mac-lion-fstab-is-deprecated-so...

On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Patrick Haller <patrick.hal...@gmail.com>wrote:

> On 2012-08-31 21:46, Ruiwen Chua wrote:
> >    Would anyone have an idea of how to prevent a partition from
> >    automounting in OSX Mountain Lion?

> >    /etc/fstab reports itself to be unreliable and is empty, save for
> >    comments telling you not to use it.

> Try adding the partition/mount info to /etc/fstab anyway, like:

> UUID=922AD32A-308F-332B-876D-57C5F9CE2EDD /Volumes/StupidPart hfs rw,noauto

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> Chat: http://hackerspace.sg/chat


 
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