Set Mac Pro to launch without mounting all HDs

[Ben1l]

I have a Mac Pro with 5 internal Hard drives. I just wanted to know if there's a way of setting it so when I boot up certain hard drives are set to the 'unmount' rather than 'mounted position as the default setting?

Many thanks

 

[Infrared]

I have a Mac Pro with 5 internal Hard drives. I just wanted to know if there's a way of setting it so when I boot up certain hard drives are set to the 'unmount' rather than 'mounted position as the default setting?

Many thanks

Yes. Create a file '/etc/fstab' with lines such as the following:

UUID=00000000-0000-0000-0000-00000000000 none hfs rw,noauto

The zeroes need to be replaced with a correct UUID for the volume
you do not want mounting. 'diskutil info volume-name' will show
you the UUID.

 

[Ben1l]

Yes. Create a file '/etc/fstab' with lines such as the following:

UUID=00000000-0000-0000-0000-00000000000 none hfs rw,noauto

The zeroes need to be replaced with a correct UUID for the volume
you do not want mounting. 'diskutil info volume-name' will show
you the UUID.

Great to know it's possible. How do I make a UUID? Is that something I would do in terminal?

Thanks

 

[Shrapnel]

The zeroes need to be replaced with a correct UUID for the volume you do not want mounting. 'diskutil info volume-name' will show you the UUID.

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