mount ntfs (windows) file system in /etc/fstab fails at boot

[Giorgos Keramidas]

On 2004-11-30 10:31, Kevin Smith <smithcam at adelphia.net> wrote:
> Kris K. explained the problem earlier in the thread.
>
> The correct entry in your /etc/fstab should be somethig like bellow. I
> had a "2" in the 6th field (instead of "0" or leave it out); this causes
> the file system to be checked on bootup which fails with the ntfs file
> system. If you have this in your fstab, you should not need to mount it
> in your rc files. Mine mounts automatically with no problem with the
> following line:
>
> /dev/ad0s1 /windows ntfs ro 2 0

Hi Kevin,

Since the second from the last column is the "dump frequency" and I
wouldn't really expect anyone to take backups of NTFS volumes with
dump(8) and restore(8), you can safely use a second zero there too:

	/dev/ad0s1 /windows ntfs ro 0 0

Regards,
Giorgos