Re: [lfs-support] Creating the /etc/fstab File

2013-06-11 Thread John Black
 -Original Message-From: kb0...@berzerkula.orgSent: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 22:13:58 -0500To: lfs-support@linuxfromscratch.orgSubject: Re: [lfs-support] Creating the /etc/fstab FileOn Jun 11, 2013, at 9:45 PM, John Black wrote:Kernel panic, probably it's from fstab file.Kernel panics

Re: [lfs-support] Creating the /etc/fstab File

2013-06-11 Thread John Black
 -Original Message-From: kb0...@berzerkula.orgSent: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 22:13:58 -0500To: lfs-support@linuxfromscratch.orgSubject: Re: [lfs-support] Creating the /etc/fstab FileOn Jun 11, 2013, at 9:45 PM, John Black wrote:Kernel panic, probably it's from fstab file.Kernel panics

Re: [lfs-support] Creating the /etc/fstab File

2013-06-11 Thread William Harrington
On Jun 11, 2013, at 9:45 PM, John Black wrote: Kernel panic, probably it's from fstab file. Kernel panics don't know about /etc/fstab. Kernel panics mean that you don't have the proper drivers in the running kernel. If it is a vfs issue about mounting root fs and unkno

Re: [lfs-support] Creating the /etc/fstab File

2013-06-11 Thread Glendon Blount
Go to the Gentoo or Arch Linux web sight they have info on how to create the /etc/fstab file. You won't learn much by having someone do it for you. On Jun 11, 2013 9:46 PM, "John Black" wrote: > Linux From Scratch - Version 7.3 Chapter 8. Making the LFS System Bootable > 8

[lfs-support] Creating the /etc/fstab File

2013-06-11 Thread John Black
Linux From Scratch - Version 7.3 Chapter 8. Making the LFS System Bootable 8.2. Creating the /etc/fstab File --- sda1 Boot Primary vfat

Re: [lfs-support] 8.2. Creating the /etc/fstab File

2013-05-21 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Baho Utot wrote: > I found this error in the book > > It is possible to make the ext3 filesystem reliable across power > failures for some hard disk types. To do this, add the barrier=1 mount > option to the appropriate entry in /etc/fstab. To check if the disk > drive su

[lfs-support] 8.2. Creating the /etc/fstab File

2013-05-21 Thread Baho Utot
I found this error in the book It is possible to make the ext3 filesystem reliable across power failures for some hard disk types. To do this, add the barrier=1 mount option to the appropriate entry in /etc/fstab. To check if the disk drive supports this option, run hdparm on the

Re: [lfs-support] /etc/fstab

2012-06-26 Thread Alexander Kapshuk
GRUB linux line unless you use an > initrd. My partition allocation is almost the same as yours. Unlike > others, I do like to put some things on /opt (Xorg, KDE, Qt, JDK, > others). -- Bruce Got it. Thanks. I've modified my /etc/fstab file as suggested by Ken.

Re: [lfs-support] /etc/fstab

2012-06-26 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Alexander Kapshuk wrote: > I'd appreciate it if somebody could please have a look at my /etc/fstab > file shown below and let me know if it's OK. I've searched this mailing > list's archives and an example /etc/fstab I found was a bit different to > mine. I a

Re: [lfs-support] /etc/fstab

2012-06-20 Thread Alexander Kapshuk
; the rootfs, the kernel will try to use whatever root= you passed on > the commandline from grub : here UUID will NOT work (we don't use an > initrd) - and what is shown in /etc/fstab for '/' is at best > documentation. > While reading the man page for fstab(5), I got t

Re: [lfs-support] /etc/fstab

2012-06-19 Thread Ken Moffat
On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 09:27:03PM +0300, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: > I'd appreciate it if somebody could please have a look at my /etc/fstab > file shown below and let me know if it's OK. I've searched this mailing > list's archives and an example /etc/fstab I

Re: [lfs-support] /etc/fstab

2012-06-19 Thread Alexander Kapshuk
I'd appreciate it if somebody could please have a look at my /etc/fstab file shown below and let me know if it's OK. I've searched this mailing list's archives and an example /etc/fstab I found was a bit different to mine. I also had a look at the /etc/fstab files on

Re: "auto" in /etc/fstab

2010-10-11 Thread rhubarbpie
On 10/11/2010 08:39 AM, Neal Murphy wrote: > Binutils are getting better at recognizing a filesystem and loading its > module(s) as needed before mounting it; it wasn't always thus. Regardless of > that, there are two consumers of /etc/fstab: the computer, and the admin; it > nee

Re: "auto" in /etc/fstab

2010-10-11 Thread Neal Murphy
: FW: Re: FW: Re: "auto" in /etc/fstab > > On 10/10/2010 01:05 PM, rhubarb...@poetworld.net wrote: > > --- Original Message --- > > From: Bruce Dubbs[ mailto:bruce.du...@gmail.com ] > > Sent: 10/9/2010 7:36:52 PM > > To : lfs-support@linu

Re: "auto" in /etc/fstab

2010-10-11 Thread rhubarb...@poetworld.net
--- Original Message --- >From: rhubarbpie...@gmail.com[mailto:rhubarbpie...@gmail.com] Sent: 10/10/2010 11:12:48 AM To : rhubarb...@poetworld.net Cc : Subject : FW: Re: FW: Re: "auto" in /etc/fstab On 10/10/2010 01:05 PM, rhubarb...@poetwo

Re: "auto" in /etc/fstab

2010-10-09 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Jonathan Arnold wrote: > On Thu, 30 Sep 2010 16:18:30 -0500 > rhubarb...@poetworld.net wrote: > >> Is there a disadvantage of using auto for file system type in the >> /etc/fstab file? I have three non-swap partitions. Why not list >> them all as auto? > > A

Re: "auto" in /etc/fstab

2010-10-09 Thread Jonathan Arnold
On Thu, 30 Sep 2010 16:18:30 -0500 rhubarb...@poetworld.net wrote: > > Is there a disadvantage of using auto for file system type in the > /etc/fstab file? I have three non-swap partitions. Why not list > them all as auto? About the only reason you wouldn't have something

Re: "auto" in /etc/fstab

2010-10-01 Thread Simon Geard
On Thu, 2010-09-30 at 16:18 -0500, rhubarb...@poetworld.net wrote: > Is there a disadvantage of using auto for file system type in the > /etc/fstab file? I have three non-swap partitions. Why not list them > all as auto? I may be wrong, but I *think* auto works only for filesystems

Re: "auto" in /etc/fstab

2010-09-30 Thread Estevao B. K.
On 09/30/2010 07:52 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: > On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 2:18 PM, wrote: >> >> Is there a disadvantage of using auto for file system type in the >> /etc/fstab file? I have three non-swap partitions. Why not list them >> all as auto? That's a go

Re: "auto" in /etc/fstab

2010-09-30 Thread Mark Knecht
On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 2:18 PM, wrote: > > Is there a disadvantage of using auto for file system type in the > /etc/fstab file?  I have three non-swap partitions.  Why not list them > all as auto? I don't really know the answer to your question but if it's of interest the

"auto" in /etc/fstab

2010-09-30 Thread rhubarbpie
Is there a disadvantage of using auto for file system type in the /etc/fstab file? I have three non-swap partitions. Why not list them all as auto? -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above

Re: Setting up /etc/fstab

2010-02-10 Thread brown wrap
Well thanks again. I have 4 gig of memory, so for now I will just go without swap. --- On Wed, 2/10/10, Andrew Benton wrote: > From: Andrew Benton > Subject: Re: Setting up /etc/fstab > To: lfs-support@linuxfromscratch.org > Date: Wednesday, February 10, 2010, 4:59 PM > On

Re: Setting up /etc/fstab

2010-02-10 Thread Andrew Benton
oping to keep my Centos system and have the option of booting to LFS. > Is that possible? > The only way to know is to try it. For what it's worth, it's not essential for /etc/fstab to be perfect to boot. The kernel mounts whatever partition grub tells it to mount. If that confli

Re: Setting up /etc/fstab

2010-02-10 Thread brown wrap
> If you are using LVM, then you need an initrd and that is > out of scope > for LFS. > >    -- Bruce > -- But once I boot to the kernel I built for LFS, won't LVM be out of the picture? I went into gparted and I think I found the device that is swap, I think its /dev/sda2 and my '/' partiti

Re: Setting up /etc/fstab

2010-02-10 Thread Bruce Dubbs
to point to the > partition with LFS on it and boot. So I am at the point to create > /etc/fstab and its looking for the root partition and swap devices. > Here are my present two lines for the root and swap on Centos: > > /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 / ext3defaults

Setting up /etc/fstab

2010-02-10 Thread brown wrap
boot. So I am at the point to create /etc/fstab and its looking for the root partition and swap devices. Here are my present two lines for the root and swap on Centos: /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 / ext3defaults 1 1 /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 swap swap

Re: /mnt/lfs entry in /etc/fstab?

2006-01-27 Thread Matt Darcy
Dan Nicholson wrote: On 1/26/06, Matt Darcy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I boot into my LFS host distro (Slack 10.2). Warning - Slackware <10 has problems acting as a build host. For your first build you may want to consider a better host distro He's using Slack 10.2. Why is that a problem?

Re: /mnt/lfs entry in /etc/fstab?

2006-01-27 Thread Richard A Downing
On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 18:34:48 +0100 Clemens Haupt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Clemens, I realise that you are helping another German speaker. However this list is English. If you give him bad advice we can't correct it if we didn't understand it. Please stick to English on the lists and mail

Re: /mnt/lfs entry in /etc/fstab?

2006-01-26 Thread Clemens Haupt
On Thursday 26 January 2006 12:27, you wrote: >Le Jeudi 26 Janvier 2006 11:41, Matt Darcy a écrit : >> Warning - Slackware <10 has problems acting as a build host. For >> your first build you may want to consider a better host distro >Humm. I spent the best part of the morning installing a comforta

Re: /mnt/lfs entry in /etc/fstab?

2006-01-26 Thread Clemens Haupt
e, I reboot on my LFS partition and work on it for > a bit.) Das find ich nicht so gut, ich hab's ausprobiert, weil sich die meisten Befehle im Buch auf $LFS beziehen und das soll /mnt/lfs sein. Irgendwo hakelt es früher oder später. >To get more comfortable, I want to put /dev/hd

Re: /mnt/lfs entry in /etc/fstab?

2006-01-26 Thread Dan Nicholson
On 1/26/06, Luca Dionisi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Quoting Dan Nicholson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > Well, although I really like Slack 10.2 as an everyday distro, I'm not > > particularly anal about using it as a host system. After reading various > > IMHO, you can have a try using your

Re: /mnt/lfs entry in /etc/fstab?

2006-01-26 Thread Luca Dionisi
On 1/26/06, Niki Kovacs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What I'd like eventually is a basic One-CD-distro that builds LFS out of the > box. I know that there is a LiveCD, but I'll often reboot during breaks to do > 30 minutes or an hour of LFS there and then, and I think a host system > installed on h

Re: /mnt/lfs entry in /etc/fstab?

2006-01-26 Thread Niki Kovacs
Quoting Dan Nicholson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > Warning - Slackware <10 has problems acting as a build host. For your > > first build you may want to consider a better host distro > > He's using Slack 10.2. Why is that a problem? I've never heard this before. > Well, although I really like S

Re: /mnt/lfs entry in /etc/fstab?

2006-01-26 Thread Dan Nicholson
On 1/26/06, Matt Darcy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I boot into my LFS host distro (Slack 10.2). > > Warning - Slackware <10 has problems acting as a build host. For your > first build you may want to consider a better host distro He's using Slack 10.2. Why is that a problem? I've never hear

Re: /mnt/lfs entry in /etc/fstab?

2006-01-26 Thread David Lyne
Hi Niki Warning - Slackware <10 has problems acting as a build host. For your first build you may want to consider a better host distro Humm. I spent the best part of the morning installing a comfortable build host. Anybody on the list tried to build LFS 6.1.1 with a Slack 10.2 host? I su

Re: /mnt/lfs entry in /etc/fstab?

2006-01-26 Thread M Sandell
On Thu, 26 Jan 2006, Niki Kovacs wrote: Le Jeudi 26 Janvier 2006 11:41, Matt Darcy a écrit : Warning - Slackware <10 has problems acting as a build host. For your first build you may want to consider a better host distro Humm. I spent the best part of the morning installing a comfortable buil

Re: /mnt/lfs entry in /etc/fstab?

2006-01-26 Thread Niki Kovacs
Le Jeudi 26 Janvier 2006 11:41, Matt Darcy a écrit : > Warning - Slackware <10 has problems acting as a build host. For your > first build you may want to consider a better host distro Humm. I spent the best part of the morning installing a comfortable build host. Anybody on the list tried to bui

Re: /mnt/lfs entry in /etc/fstab?

2006-01-26 Thread Luca Dionisi
On 1/26/06, Niki Kovacs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > /dev/hda6/mnt/lfsext2 defaults* * > > Question: what shall I put in place of the asterisks? Some entries do have 0, > 1 > or 2 value. I don't know what these mean. Are they of any importance? Try "man fstab" ( or else "

Re: /mnt/lfs entry in /etc/fstab?

2006-01-26 Thread Matt Darcy
I boot into my LFS host distro (Slack 10.2). Warning - Slackware <10 has problems acting as a build host. For your first build you may want to consider a better host distro /dev/hda6/mnt/lfsext2 defaults* * Question: what shall I put in place of the asterisks? Som

/mnt/lfs entry in /etc/fstab?

2006-01-26 Thread Niki Kovacs
o get more comfortable, I want to put /dev/hda6 in /etc/fstab, so it is automatically mounted every time I boot into my LFS host distro (Slack 10.2). I have this, so far: /dev/hda6/mnt/lfsext2 defaults* * Question: what shall I put in place of the asterisks? Some entries do

Re: /etc/fstab

2005-12-08 Thread Ross
> > can't open /etc/fstab: No such file or directory > > This is mentioned in the book, right below the mount commands. I didn't look on next page, I was expecting to be pre-warned, oh well it was stupid after all. Thanks for the pointer. -Ross- -- http://linuxf

Re: /etc/fstab

2005-12-07 Thread Chris Staub
can't open /etc/fstab: No such file or directory now I don't remember making fstab in a previous section, and wasn't expecting this warning. Is it an expected warning or have I done something wrong? -Ross- This is mentioned in the book, right below the mount commands. -- http://

/etc/fstab

2005-12-07 Thread Ross
Hello, I hope this question doesn't turn out to be a stupid as my last one but here goes anyway. I hav got to page 103 of the LFS book(6.1) and am mounting the virtual kernel files on the new filesystem with mount -t devpts -o gid=4,mode=620 none /dev/pts I get a warning can't open