On Mon 09 May 2022 at 09:34:56 (+1000), David wrote: > The only reason to that <options>=defaults exists is so that > a non-default value can be specified for either <dump> or <pass>, > while not specifying any non-default <options>. > > Because there can't be a fifth or sixth column unless there is > also a fourth column. "defaults" is just a dummy value for the > fourth column. > > Using "defaults 0 0" is specifying default value for all three > of <options>, <dump>, and <pass>. > > In that situation, they can all be omitted.
I think a jolly good default for field 4 is errors=remount-ro, which I use everywhere (bar /dev/sr0), even where it results in the tautological, but harmless, ro,errors=remount-ro. Cheers, David.
