Quoting Carl Turney ([email protected]):

> Sounds like you're doing things similar to what I've been doing and want 
> to continue doing.  We also treat USB storage the same way.  (Don't 
> think I've =ever= booted up with an external USB drive or USB memstick 
> connected.)
> 
> You make it sound like you ONLY edit /etc/fstab

And I do exactly that.

> But when I first got advice on how to edit my boot files (probably from 
> a Linux boot-up contributor, if memory serves) he said I had to edit...
>     /etc/fstab
>     /etc/default/grub
>     /usr/share/grub/grub-mkconfig_lib =and=
>     /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/resume
> (or wherever they were located ~10 years ago).
> 
> Maybe you've been treading on thin ice and didn't know it?

Well, if I've been treading on thin ice, it's been holding since 1983.  ;->
(Yes, I really _have_ been running Linux systems since then.  Time flies
when you're having fun.)

> Maybe things have changed in the intervening years?

I really don't think so.

To amplify on what I said about 'I reserve the right to change my mind
if...':  The same applies if I ever decide to use SD cards or similar
things as main storage.  (Which might be sufficient proof that I've lost
my mind, but that's a different discussion.)

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