[SOLVED] devpts and shm removed from fstab after upgrade. What to do?

trusktr · 2011-08-31 01:45:45

The new default fstab only has an entry for tmpfs located at /tmp, and devpts and shm have been removed.
I haven't restarted the comp yet.
What should we do?

Last edited by trusktr (2012-04-01 22:00:12)

jasonwryan · 2011-08-31 02:07:12

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=123999

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=123212

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=982531

trusktr · 2011-08-31 02:13:17

I saw that, but I didn't realize initscripts wasn't doing this before. This is new to initscripts right?

What is the new tmpfs for? Why is that added?

And why is that the only line? Should I delete everything else, or will the Arch Beginner's guide now suggest to add all the filesystems manually (root, home, swap, etc)?

Is the following section of the Wiki now outdated?
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Be … tc.2Ffstab

I'd think an update about this in the news would be useful.

Last edited by trusktr (2011-08-31 02:17:30)

jasonwryan · 2011-08-31 02:17:41

Did you read those links (particularly the last one)?

trusktr · 2011-08-31 02:24:25

Yes, thank you for posting them. I read them. I understand devpts and shm are no longer required in fstab because they are mounted by the initscripts.

This is what my fstab now looks like:

# 
# /etc/fstab: static file system information
#
# Notes:
#	* using noatime or relatime for your hard drives increases performance by preventing the system from
#	  writing file access times to the disk each time you read a file.
#

# <file system>					<dir>			<type>		<options>		<dump>	<pass>

  tmpfs						/tmp			tmpfs		nodev,nosuid		0	0

# /dev/cdrom					/media/cd		auto		ro,user,noauto,unhide	0	0
# /dev/dvd					/media/dvd		auto		ro,user,noauto,unhide	0	0
# /dev/fd0					/media/fl		auto		user,noauto		0	0

  UUID=0ddf0e41-e7e6-4af5-b0e9-bc79a91b12eb	/boot			ext2		defaults,relatime	0	2
  UUID=d0a5d49d-169d-43ce-af0f-216dc4a9f604	swap			swap		defaults		0	0
  UUID=cdb33de5-0100-4c5f-a9b1-5c1a444e6eac	/			ext4		defaults,relatime	0	1
  UUID=92b88528-dd0f-4c1b-bcce-54084ef2aceb	/home			ext4		defaults,relatime	0	2
  UUID=C838CF5838CF4462				/media/cargo_bay	ntfs-3g		defaults,relatime	0	0

Is that fine?

Are new Arch users supposed to add "/boot", "swap", "/", and "/home" entries manually now?

Last edited by trusktr (2011-08-31 02:32:37)

MoonSwan · 2011-08-31 19:37:49

trusktr wrote:

Are new Arch users supposed to add "/boot", "swap", "/", and "/home" entries manually now?

Afaik, going by some recent test installs with the releng releases, no that shouldn't change at all.

trusktr · 2011-09-05 17:43:53

MoonSwan wrote:

trusktr wrote:
Are new Arch users supposed to add "/boot", "swap", "/", and "/home" entries manually now?
Afaik, going by some recent test installs with the releng releases, no that shouldn't change at all.

What do you mean MoonSwan? Do you mean that if I remove these lines:

  UUID=0ddf0e41-e7e6-4af5-b0e9-bc79a91b12eb	/boot			ext2		defaults,relatime	0	2
  UUID=d0a5d49d-169d-43ce-af0f-216dc4a9f604	swap			swap		defaults		0	0
  UUID=cdb33de5-0100-4c5f-a9b1-5c1a444e6eac	/			ext4		defaults,relatime	0	1
  UUID=92b88528-dd0f-4c1b-bcce-54084ef2aceb	/home			ext4		defaults,relatime	0	2

that everything will be just fine?

fsckd · 2011-09-05 18:16:38

Umm, actually, those entries are supposed to be added by the user. The default fstab has always been very slim and incomplete. You are probably thinking of the option in one installer to automatically partition for the user. You need to remember that if a user doesn't choose that, he has to add the entries himself.

trusktr · 2011-09-07 06:30:38

I see what you mean. I thought that those lines were included in fstab by default.

fsckd · 2011-09-07 06:35:17

Current default fstab: http://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit/ … filesystem
From about a year ago: http://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit/ … 972ecdde75

(Why yes, I have been saving those links all this time. )

trusktr · 2012-04-01 21:59:29

Oh, ok. Well I've only used the automatic partitioning so I took those lines as for granted. I know much more now about how the filesystem works.

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[SOLVED] devpts and shm removed from fstab after upgrade. What to do?

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