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mount -a does not mount Fstab file

I have the following in my /etc/fstab file:

proc            /proc           proc    defaults          0       0
/dev/mmcblk0p1  /boot           vfat    defaults          0       2
/dev/mmcblk0p2  /               ext4    defaults,noatime  0       1

sv-01:/mnt/UEF/home/user/Videos/complete /home/user/Videos nfs defaults,noauto,user 0 0

and when I issue the command sudo mount -a -v, I get the following output

mount: proc already mounted on /proc
mount: /dev/mmcblk0p1 already mounted on /boot
nothing was mounted

but when I copy paste the above segment of code and issue the below command, the folder mounts perfectly. 

sudo mount sv-01:/mnt/UEF/home/user/Videos/complete /home/user/Videos

What could possibly be causing this?

Solution

  • You specified "noauto" parameter for sv-01:/mnt/UEF/home/user/Videos/complete.

    From mount manual:

    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 the proper options) to be mounted as indicated, except for those whose line contains the noauto keyword. Adding the -F option will make mount fork, so that the filesystems are mounted simultaneously.