-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday, 2009-12-12 at 20:12 +0100, Lars Müller wrote:
if you have to build a fstab by hand, the new system is very difficult :-(
Are you still using
[ ] uucp [ ] lilo [ ] elm
?
No, I honestly don't like to know the answers. ;) And yes, as it is weekend even this was again a trial of a joke.
:-)
Or to ask with as less shaking head: How often are you _creating_ or even touching /etc/fstab by hand?
Me? Quite often. And cryptotabwhatever, too O:-)
An alternative approach is to use disk labels. As this requires additional input and knowledge from the user it's harder to automate while the initial setup. See section "6. Labels" of the "Linux Partition HOWTO". For reierfs see reiserfstune.
Actually, the YaST partitioner manages them. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAksj//UACgkQtTMYHG2NR9XoXQCeILIckOqtxO7aZAW2T6Opc8r8 n+8An3cppDvc297kiOYKIToCKemo0mm/ =EFrL -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----