Hi Rick,

Except back in 1983 it may have been called UNIX, XENIX, SunOS, BSD, or 
Sys V.

You ain't one of them time travellers, are ya?

Carl


On 23/04/14 15:19, Rick Moen wrote:
> 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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