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

[CHris Rich]

On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 01:53:11 -0800, Kevin Smith <smithcam at adelphia.net> wrote:
> I am able to mount my windows partition manually by either:
> 
> > mount -t ntfs /dev/ad0s1 /windows
> 
> or by putting an entry in by /dev/fstab that looks like:
> 
> /dev/ad0s1             /windows          ntfs     ro              2       2
> 
> and using command:
> 
> > mount /windows
> 
> -however,
> 
> If I leave this entry in my /etc/fstab, the OS reports inconsistency
> errors on bootup when it tries to mount and goes into single-user mode.
> I then had to remount / for read-write and delete the line in the fstab
> before it would boot again.

I put a script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d/ that mounts my windows partition for me
not sure if it is the best way to do it but it works for me

Regards

> 
> Am I using the wrong syntax for the fstab entry  ?- also, why does it
> mount manually with no error - but complain at boot time ?
> 
> -K