On Mon, 4 Jul 2011 12:12:03 +0000, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > > o - Do live CDs actually mount filesystems on HDDs? > > > Only when you ask them to. > > I'm stupid. Of _course_ a live CD can't mount HDD filesystems at boot. > To do this it would need /etc/fstab, for which it would need to be told > the root partition. A live CD doesn't get this.
A live CD can mount partitions automatically at boot, some do. all it needs to do is scan the disk partition tables, create the mount points and mount them. Knoppix has been doing the first two for years, and writing the details to /etc/fstab to allow the user to mount them easily. -- Neil Bothwick A computer without Microsoft is like a chocolate cake without mustard.
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