Here is my /etc/fstab file after I have added the line that let's
any user mount /dev/hdb5 to /fc5. This works fine. Also I got rid of the
Stupid LIST= things that mess up fstab. Here it is:
# This file is edited by fstab-sync - see 'man fstab-sync' for details
/dev/hdb7 / ext3 defaults 1 1
/dev/devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
/dev/shm /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
/dev/proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/sys /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
/dev/hdb3 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/hdb5 /fc5 ext3 noauto,user 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy auto
pamconsole,exec,noauto,utf8,managed 0 0
/dev/hdd /media/cdrecorder auto
pamconsole,exec,noauto,managed 0 0
/dev/hdc /media/cdrom auto
pamconsole,exec,noauto,managed 0 0
This is my fstab after I plugged in my external hard drive to the
usb port.
/dev/proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/sys /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
/dev/hdb3 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/hdb5 /fc5 ext3 noauto,user 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy auto
pamconsole,exec,noauto,utf8,managed 0 0
/dev/hdd /media/cdrecorder auto
pamconsole,exec,noauto,managed 0 0
/dev/hdc /media/cdrom auto
pamconsole,exec,noauto,managed 0 0
/dev/sda1 /media/usbdisk ext3
pamconsole,exec,noauto,fscontext=system_u:object_r:removable_t,managed 0 0
Notice the last entry in fstab This whole thing was added to the file by
fstab-sync which is part of the automatic system.
Now to keep things in synch I have been changing
/boot/grub/grub.conf along with the fstab files So this is what it looks
like:
title Fedora Core (2.6.16-1.2108_FC4)
root (hd1,6)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.16-1.2108_FC4 ro root=/dev/hdb7 rhgb quiet
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.16-1.2108_FC4.img
title Fedora Core (2.6.15-1.2054_FC5)
root (hd1,4)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5 ro root=/dev/hdb5 rhgb quiet
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5.img
title Fedora Core (2.6.11-1.1369_FC4)
root (hd1,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 ro root=/dev/hdb2 rhgb quiet
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4.img
title Fedora Core (2.6.5-1.358)
root (hd1,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.5-1.358 ro root=/dev/hdb1 rhgb quiet
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.5-1.358.img
title Other
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1
As you see all the Anaconda LIST= are deleted.
Here is what fstab for FC5 looks like after a simple install with no
problems of any sort.
[karl@k5di fc5]$ cat etc/fstab
LABEL=/1234 / ext3 defaults 1 1
devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
LABEL=\uffff\uffff\uffff\uffff\uffff\uffff\uffff\uffff\uffff\uffff\uffff\uffff\
swap swap defaults 0 0
LABEL=+\uffffQ\uffff\uffff@\uffff{\u03c1 swap swap
defaults 0 0
[karl@k5di fc5]$
Notice the botched up swap files?
I will fix the FC5 fstab too. It is simpler than the FC4 file. And
notice it doesn't say it's using fstab-synch but I bet it is.
/dev/hdb5 / ext3 defaults 1 1
devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
/dev/hdb3 swap swap defaults 0 0
And above is the corrected fstab for FC5. It takes just a few
minutes and it makes me happy to see these files that are basic to a Linux
system written properly.
Karl
