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| From | Richard Owlett <rowlett@access.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: Default partition mounts [ "Installation Guide" lacks index ] |
| Date | 2024-08-19 20:20 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <Jdf8Z-69JS-5@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
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On 08/19/2024 10:57 AM, Joe wrote: > On Mon, 19 Aug 2024 08:44:39 -0500 > Richard Owlett <rowlett@access.net> wrote: > >> THANK YOU >> >> On 08/19/2024 07:02 AM, David wrote: >>> On Mon, 19 Aug 2024 at 11:19, Richard Owlett <rowlett@access.net> >>> wrote: >>>> At boot time, what determines which physical partition gets >>>> mounted as a specific directory ( /, /home, swap, and so forth )? >>>> >>>> Please reference documentation as reading it will remind me of how >>>> and why I chose specific options. >>> >>> man 5 fstab >> >> "fstab" was one of the keywords I'd forgotten. >> >>> >>> https://debian-handbook.info/browse/stable/sect.config-misc.html#sect.fstab-mount-points >> >> Browsing that link suggests it will prompt me to ask needed questions. >> It's not the document I was visualizing. I was expecting something >> that I would have been reading when new to Linux. > > Then what you want is not documentation but tutorials. You want > documentation when you know something you need to do but not the exact > details of how. Many man pages are rather short on examples, which > tutorials will provide. > > Try Google with: > linux directory mounting on boot tutorial > > This will turn up a lot of similar but not identical sites, varying > from a bald list of instructions to do a particular thing, to an > explanation of fundamentals. Some won't mean much to you, ignore them > and move on. > > The first step is probably to look at /etc/fstab on a working system > and see what you can understand of it, and what you don't understand. > That's certainly where partitions are named, along with filesystem > directories and the mapping between them. The documentation is where > you find what the mounting parameters mean and do. Apart from fstab > itself, you'll need the man pages for the mount commands for whatever > filesystem types are named in fstab e.g. mount.cifs, as many parameters > are specific to the filesystem type. > IMHO "tutorial" is a sub-set of "documentation". And the "magic string" is "/etc/fstab" ;} [I had modified the one on this machine. Whenever I modify a default file, I *include comments* about *why*.]
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Default partition mounts [ "Installation Guide" lacks index ] Richard Owlett <rowlett@access.net> - 2024-08-19 13:20 +0200
Re: Default partition mounts [ "Installation Guide" lacks index ] David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2024-08-19 14:10 +0200
Re: Default partition mounts [ "Installation Guide" lacks index ] Richard Owlett <rowlett@access.net> - 2024-08-19 15:50 +0200
Re: Default partition mounts [ "Installation Guide" lacks index ] Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2024-08-19 18:00 +0200
Re: Default partition mounts [ "Installation Guide" lacks index ] Richard Owlett <rowlett@access.net> - 2024-08-19 20:20 +0200
Re: Default partition mounts [ "Installation Guide" lacks index ] Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2024-08-19 22:00 +0200
Re: Default partition mounts [ "Installation Guide" lacks index ] Richard Owlett <rowlett@access.net> - 2024-08-20 10:50 +0200
Re: Default partition mounts [ "Installation Guide" lacks index ] "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2024-08-20 11:40 +0200
Re: Default partition mounts [ "Installation Guide" lacks index ] Richard Owlett <rowlett@access.net> - 2024-08-20 12:50 +0200
Trixie and i386 - was [Re: Default partition mounts [ "Installation Guide" lacks index ]] Richard Owlett <rowlett@access.net> - 2024-08-20 14:40 +0200
Re: Trixie and i386 - was [Re: Default partition mounts [ "Installation Guide" lacks index ]] Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2024-08-20 15:50 +0200
Future of i386 as installer "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2024-08-20 15:50 +0200
The lack of a future for 32-bit x86 installs (Was Re: Default partition mounts [ "Installation Guide" lacks index ]) Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2024-08-20 17:20 +0200
Re: The lack of a future for 32-bit x86 installs (Was Re: Default partition mounts [ "Installation Guide" lacks index ]) Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2024-08-20 18:10 +0200
Re: Default partition mounts [ "Installation Guide" lacks index ] Tom Dial <tddial@comcast.net> - 2024-08-20 00:50 +0200
Re: Default partition mounts [ "Installation Guide" lacks index ] David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2024-08-20 05:20 +0200
Re: Default partition mounts [ "Installation Guide" lacks index ] Richard Owlett <rowlett@access.net> - 2024-08-20 10:10 +0200
Re: Default partition mounts [ "Installation Guide" lacks index ] David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2024-08-20 06:30 +0200
Re: Default partition mounts [ "Installation Guide" lacks index ] Richard Owlett <rowlett@access.net> - 2024-08-20 10:20 +0200
UEFI multiboot (was: Re: Default partition mounts [ "Installation Guide" lacks index ]) Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2024-08-20 17:20 +0200
Re: UEFI multiboot (was: Re: Default partition mounts [ "Installation Guide" lacks index ]) Erwan David <erwan@rail.eu.org> - 2024-08-20 17:30 +0200
Re: UEFI multiboot (was: Re: Default partition mounts [ "Installation Guide" lacks index ]) Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2024-08-20 18:00 +0200
Re: UEFI multiboot (was: Re: Default partition mounts [ "Installation Guide" lacks index ]) Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> - 2024-08-20 18:30 +0200
Re: UEFI multiboot gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-08-20 22:20 +0200
Re: UEFI multiboot Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2024-08-21 06:00 +0200
Re: UEFI multiboot Felix Miata <mrmazda@stanis.net> - 2024-08-21 06:30 +0200
Re: UEFI multiboot Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2024-08-21 18:20 +0200
Re: UEFI multiboot Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2024-08-21 19:40 +0200
Re: UEFI multiboot Felix Miata <mrmazda@stanis.net> - 2024-08-22 00:30 +0200
Re: UEFI multiboot Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2024-08-22 05:20 +0200
Re: UEFI multiboot Felix Miata <mrmazda@stanis.net> - 2024-08-22 11:50 +0200
Re: UEFI multiboot Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2024-08-22 18:00 +0200
Re: UEFI multiboot Felix Miata <mrmazda@stanis.net> - 2024-08-22 22:50 +0200
[SUMMARY] Re: UEFI multiboot Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2024-08-23 05:10 +0200
Re: [SUMMARY] UEFI multiboot Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2024-08-23 06:50 +0200
Re: UEFI multiboot Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2024-08-30 18:10 +0200
Re: UEFI multiboot Felix Miata <mrmazda@stanis.net> - 2024-08-30 18:50 +0200
Re: UEFI multiboot Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2024-08-31 04:20 +0200
[SUMMARY] Re: UEFI multiboot Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2024-09-14 06:10 +0200
Re: [SUMMARY] UEFI multiboot Felix Miata <mrmazda@stanis.net> - 2024-09-14 06:40 +0200
Re: [SUMMARY] UEFI multiboot songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2024-09-14 19:40 +0200
Re: [SUMMARY] UEFI multiboot Felix Miata <mrmazda@stanis.net> - 2024-09-14 21:20 +0200
Re: [SUMMARY] UEFI multiboot "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2024-09-14 21:40 +0200
Re: [SUMMARY] UEFI multiboot Anssi Saari <anssi.saari@debian-user.mail.kapsi.fi> - 2024-09-16 12:20 +0200
Re: [SUMMARY] UEFI multiboot songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2024-09-17 01:50 +0200
Re: UEFI multiboot Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2024-08-22 12:00 +0200
Re: UEFI multiboot Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2024-08-21 08:50 +0200
Re: UEFI multiboot Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2024-08-21 09:20 +0200
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