Steffo Mar 9

Edit: I got it ("noauto" in /etc/fstab). Thanks everyone!  

I officially have a linux question!  

I have a mounted network folder on my linux mini pc. (Mounted using "mount -t cifs".)

Now I want to move my mini PC to a different place, where the network device isn't there *yet*. (But will be in the coming months.) What would I need to do to temporarily disable this mount (and later enable it again)?

I don't want the PC to fail on boot (or have a super huge boot time), so I think I have to do this. (Do I?)

Honestly, I don't know what I did with "mount -t cifs" and where the stuff is saved to, but it works - even after reboots. o.o

#linux

Show threadSpringy Owlbear 

@SteffoSpieler okay, the best place to start looking for an answer in Linux is the man pages. You can enter `man mount' in your terminal or go here:

https://linux.die.net/man/8/mount

This will tell you everything you need to know about the mount command. If something you read there doesn't make sense to you, do a Duck Duck Go or search for the man page for whatever command was mentioned.

That said… it's probably the umount command you really wanna know about:

https://linux.die.net/man/8/umount

It might be as simple as running 'umount -t cifs' moving your stuff, and running 'mount -t cifs' again when your network becomes available again.

mount(8): mount filesystem - Linux man page

mount -a [-t type] [-O optlist] (usually given in a bootscript) causes all filesystems mentioned in fstab (of the proper type and/or having or not having ...

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