Vilmos,

Thank you for your in-depth explanation... It really helped. My next
goal is to assure /etc/fstab consistency with the devices plugged into
my system.

Tim

Vilmos Soti wrote:

> Tim <tlv@k-twelve-.hopkins.mn.us> writes:
>
>
>>Hello,
>
>
> Hello.
>
>
>>When I boot into linux, after much of OKs and some hesitation after
>>"Entering non-interactive startup | Checking for new hardware" it
>>hangs forever at "Updating /etc/fstab".
>
>
> When you next reboot your box, and it says
> "Press 'I' to enter interactive startup.", then hit I. Then it will
> load some things anyway, but it will ask if some services should be
> started. When it says something about "kudzu", then hit n, and then
> hit y again until boot finishes.
>
>
>>There might be some non-compatible (?) hardware like Adaptec AIC-7850
>>PCI SCSI Controller.
>
>
> Here is the info from updfstab(8) which actually causes this hanging.
>
> updfstab is designed to keep /etc/fstab consistent with the devices
> plugged into your system. It looks for devices such as cdroms, zip and
> jaz drives, ls120 drives, and digital cameras on the SCSI and IDE
> buses. USB devices look like SCSI devices to user space, so those are
> supported as well, but are only added if they are currently attached to
> the system (having a scsi device assigned to them is not sufficient).
>
> Vilmos