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vikramr

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Registered: 2009-09-22

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[solved] /etc/fstab is empty

Not entirely sure why but my /etc/fstab is empty when i tried to edit via micro editor.

I copied current mounts I am using

 
cat /proc/mounts

Do I need these in my /etc/fstab as well or can I ignore them  (i added the comments after copying them to the file.)

 
#proc /proc proc rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 0 0
#sys /sys sysfs rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 0 0
#dev /dev devtmpfs rw,nosuid,relatime,size=3718444k,nr_inodes=929611,mode=755,inode64 0 0
#run /run tmpfs rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,mode=755,inode64 0 0
#efivarfs /sys/firmware/efi/efivars efivarfs rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 0 0
#securityfs /sys/kernel/security securityfs rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 0 0
#tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs rw,nosuid,nodev,inode64 0 0
#devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,gid=5,mode=620,ptmxmode=000 0 0
#cgroup2 /sys/fs/cgroup cgroup2 rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,nsdelegate,memory_recursiveprot 0 0
#pstore /sys/fs/pstore pstore rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 0 0
#bpf /sys/fs/bpf bpf rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,mode=700 0 0
#systemd-1 /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc autofs rw,relatime,fd=35,pgrp=1,timeout=0,minproto=5,maxproto=5,direct,pipe_ino=288 0 0
#debugfs /sys/kernel/debug debugfs rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 0 0
#hugetlbfs /dev/hugepages hugetlbfs rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,pagesize=2M 0 0
#tracefs /sys/kernel/tracing tracefs rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 0 0
#mqueue /dev/mqueue mqueue rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 0 0
#tmpfs /tmp tmpfs rw,nosuid,nodev,size=3739560k,nr_inodes=1048576,inode64 0 0
#fusectl /sys/fs/fuse/connections fusectl rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 0 0
#configfs /sys/kernel/config configfs rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 0 0
#tmpfs /run/user/1000 tmpfs rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,size=747908k,nr_inodes=186977,mode=700,uid=1000,gid=1000,inode64 0 0

Last edited by vikramr (2023-11-18 22:41:45)

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Re: [solved] /etc/fstab is empty

The only reason your fstab would be empty is if you failed to follow the installation guide.

You don't need all those pseudo filesystem mounts, but what you might need is your boot/ESP partition mount. How did you configure your system when you installed it?

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vikramr

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Registered: 2009-09-22

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Re: [solved] /etc/fstab is empty

I installed this over 6 months ago and all was good until I tried to edit it today with micro. I'll try rebooting it with my current mounts minus the   pseudo filesystem mounts.

The only reason your fstab would be empty is if you failed to follow the installation guide.

You don't need all those pseudo filesystem mounts, but what you might need is your boot/ESP partition mount. How did you configure your system when you installed it?

Mod note: Moving to NC.

vikramr

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Registered: 2009-09-22

Posts: 45

Re: [solved] /etc/fstab is empty

Booted OK with the fstab recovered from /proc/mounts