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Example /etc/fstab on Mac OS X 10.6 to disable auto-mounting of specific volumes
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| # You can find the volume UUID in Disk Utility. Select the volume on the left | |
| # and then File->Get Info. See "Universal Unique Identifier". | |
| # | |
| # Options used below: | |
| # ro for readonly (can be omitted) | |
| # noauto to prevent auto-mount | |
| # noatime to skip writing last access times (performance thing, optional) | |
| # | |
| # Remember to set the filesystem type (hfs, ntfs, etc) too | |
| ########## | |
| # Seagate ST9500420AS | |
| # Macintosh HD | |
| UUID=91234EA2-5C14-351B-570B-0919F11E0123 none hfs ro,noauto,noatime | |
| # BOOTCAMP | |
| UUID=6206E408-0AE6-4037-203A-8BF0B9143210 none ntfs ro,noauto,noatime | |
| ########## | |
| # SSD | |
| # LionSSD | |
| UUID=5B3F9F9D-51A1-3852-3F5E-65CF1D043210 none hfs ro,noauto,noatime |
OS X 10.5 and later includes a special utility, vifs, for editing fstab.
I can't seem to COPY the UUID from the File Info, so this helped:
diskutil info -all |grep -e "Device Node" -e "Proto" -e "UUID"
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You need to edit /etc/fstab as root, of course.