Stopping and starting Automount
You can stop automount if you prefer to mount the disk drives manually, or if your system is slow with automount turned on. You can also restart automount.
To stop automount
1. Click Application Starter, Run.
2. In the Command box, type:
/etc/init.d/autofs stop
To start automount
1. Click Application Starter, Run.
2. In the Command box, type:
/etc/init.d/autofs start
Notes
For information about using the command line in the Console, see "Using the Console."
Tip
You can also stop and start automount in the Console by typing the start and stop commands in the command line. Open the Console by clicking the Console button on the Panel.