can't add entries to fsab

Warren Block wblock at wonkity.com
Sun Oct 31 00:10:05 UTC 2010


On Sat, 30 Oct 2010, Tim Dunphy wrote:

> I am having some trouble adding entries to /etc/fstab.. what happens
> to work under CentOS does not under FreeBSD!! no surprise there, I
> suppose.. heh
>
>
> I have nfs_client_enable="YES" in my /etc/rc.conf
>
> Yet if I add even one line such as
>
> nas2.summitnhome.com:/mnt/home   /home    nfs rw  0   0
>
> the system refuses to boot normally and I have to add the path to
> /bin//sh manually each time

Add the "late" option ('man mount | less +3/late') to the rw option in 
that line:

nas2.summitnhome.com:/mnt/home   /home    nfs rw,late  0   0

> why on Earth can I not add entries to fstab as I do to CentOS??

Beyond knowing that they're different, dunno.  Maybe the async DHCP in 
FreeBSD is different.


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