Privent Auto mount a partition on 10.7.4 I made a journaled, Encrypted Partition on 10.7.4

Now every time in startup it asks for the partition password.
I would like to unlock and use this partition when ever I want not every time. So I want Mac leave it and do not ask me the password automatically at the startup every time
iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
Add the following line to the /etc/fstab file:


  LABEL= none hfs ro,noauto


Being &lt;label&gt;the name of the encrypted volume.

If you are just wondering, ro means read only (you should use rwinstead, if you want to read and write after mount).

Note that the file could not exist, therefore you'll have create it. To do so just open /Applications/Utilities/Terminal and type:


sudo vi /etc/fstab
This will prompt the password. Type it. It won't be shown, don't worry.
Add the already mentioned line.
Hit Escape, type :wq, and hit Enter