Does 'noauto' really mean 'noauto' in FC3?

From: Anthropos (Anthropos_at_SWBell.net)
Date: 11/18/04

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    Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 11:29:19 GMT

    I have the following entry in 'fstab':

    /dev/hda4 /mnt/data ext2 noauto,users,rw 0 0

    I have disabled 'fstab-sync' per the instructions contained in 'man
    fstab-sync'. I did a power off shutdown followed by a cold startup.

    Here is the problem: Whenever I log in, the initial condition of this
    device is 'mounted'. If I unmount the device, log off, and log in as a
    different user, the initial condition of this device is again 'mounted'.

    This entry in 'fstab' worked as expected in FC1. Why doesn't it work as
    expected in FC3? Doesn't 'noauto' mean 'noauto'?...

    Additional:

    I have four IDE controllers on my system. Therefore, 'hda' through 'hdh'
    are available.

    I added the following lines to 'fstab', added the appropriate subdirectories
    to 'mnt', and did a full restart.

    /dev/hde1 /mnt/Transfer_E vfat noauto,users,rw 0 0
    /dev/hdg1 /mnt/Transfer_G vfat noauto,users,rw 0 0
    /dev/sda1 /mnt/Kingston auto noauto,users,rw 0 0

    The last entry is for a Kingston 128MB USB Flash Drive.

    Then I ran some tests and got the following results:

    1. If an IDE drive is present and one (or more) of its partitions is listed
    in 'fstab', its listed partitions are mounted automatically in spite of the
    'noauto' parameter being specified.

    2. If an entry in 'fstab' does not reference an IDE drive partition, the
    device in the entry is not mounted automatically if the 'noauto' parameter
    is specified (i.e., it works as expected).

    Apparently, the problem only occurs with entries referencing IDE drive
    partitions when the drive is present.

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