On 08/19/2024 10:17 PM, David Wright wrote:
On Mon 19 Aug 2024 at 16:23:31 (-0600), Tom Dial wrote:
On 8/19/24 05:19, Richard Owlett wrote:
I'm over 80 and doing first "from scratch" install since Squeeze ;}
Hardware is Lenovo R61 ThinkPad (64 bit).
I multi boot [Grub will have at least three options]:
1. minimalist installation - primarily command line usage
2. 64 bit Debian with maximum features
3. 32 bit Debian - couple of applications require a 32 bit OS
4. other installs with strong project dependencies
Today's question
At boot time, what determines which physical partition gets mounted as a
specific directory ( /, /home, swap, and so forth )?
In most cases, mount actions are as described in /etc/fstab of the image being
booted.
AFAICT the /etc/fstab in the boot images of all my Debian systems
is empty. It's only when the root filesystem gets mounted that a
non-empty /etc/fstab becomes available.
OTOH a netinst installer's image does have a populated /etc/fstab,
but only with:
devpts /dev/pts devpts defaults 0 0
tmpfs /run tmpfs nosuid,size=10%,mode=755 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs noauto 0 0
Cheers,
David.
As I said in a previous reply, the existence of "/etc/fstab" was the
key. I read the *comments* I had put in mine had triggered memories of
what I had done and why :}
