nfsmount ${nfs_cow_opts} ${cowdevice} /cow || \
panic "Can not mount ${cowdevice} (n: ${cow_fstype}) on /cow"
else
+ # make sure cow_mountopt is set:
+ [ -n "$cow_mountopt" ] || cow_mountopt="rw,noatime,mode=755"
mount -t ${cow_fstype} -o ${cow_mountopt} ${cowdevice} /cow || \
panic "Can not mount ${cowdevice} (o: ${cow_fstype}) on /cow"
fi