I have seen fstabs like that in other threads on here lately. I don't know
if that is debian-ish thing or what. 

Is there another config file that tells the os that /mnt/hda# maps to 
something else? What do the distros that do this with their fstabs gain
by doing it?

On Monday 27 March 2006 19:48, Jerry Davis wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 18:08:32 -0800
>
> <bmike101@cox.net> wrote:
> > I figured something out! When I was asked for my fstab I
> > gave you all the fstab of the live cd. The fstab of the hd
> > was:
> > /dev/hda2 / ext3 defaults,noatime 1 1
> > /dev/hda4 /mnt/hda4 ext3 defaults,noatime 1 1
> > /dev/sda1 swap swap sw,pri=1 0 0
> > proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
> > devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0622 0 0
> > none /proc/bus/usb usbdevfs defaults 0 0
> > # Dynamic entries
> > /dev/hda3 /mnt/hda3 ext3 noauto,users,exec 0 0
> > /dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1 ext3 noauto,users,exec 0 0
> >
> > I changed it to
> > /dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1 ext3 noauto,users,exec 0 0
> > #/dev/hda2 / ext3 defaults,noatime 1 1
> > /dev/hda4 /mnt/hda4 ext3 defaults,noatime 1 1
> > /dev/sda1 swap swap sw,pri=1 0 0
> > proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
> > devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0622 0 0
> > none /proc/bus/usb usbdevfs defaults 0 0
> > # Dynamic entries
> > /dev/hda3 /mnt/hda3 ext3 noauto,users,exec 0 0
> >
> > When I changed it I had so hoped that this would fix it
> > yet it did not!
> > What else do I need to do?
> >
> > for your information here is my setup:
> > hda1 = root
> > hda4 = home
> > hda3 = data
>
> well you are ALL screwed up. the setup you intended to have and what
> you have put in your fstab are 2 totally different things.
>
> if /dev/hda1 is root then you should have
> /dev/hda1 / (not /mnt/hda1)
>
> if /dev/hda4 is home then you should have
> /dev/hda4 /home (not /mnt/hda4)
>
> if /dev/hda3 is data then you should have
> /dev/hda3 /data or /mnt/hda3 if that is where you want it
>
> where in the world did you get the above fstab from?
>
> Jerry
>
> > > From: <bmike101@cox.net>
> > > Date: 2006/03/27 Mon PM 05:19:18 PST
> > > To: Main PLUG discussion list
> >
> > <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
> >
> > > Subject: hda2 error
> > >
> > > How strange; it happened again. I reninstalled the OS
> >
> > and,
> >
> > > as before, it loaded once. After it loads once and I
> > > shutdown it seems to think that hda2 is back. It is as
> >
> > if
> >
> > > it won't accept hda1,3,&4 without 2. Does this make any
> > > sense? I'll reload from the hd and look at fstab (if I
> > > can).
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