On Sun, Nov 04, 2001 at 11:01:13AM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote: > I used the installer system, after installation was complete, to move some > partitions around and re-set the boot configuration. > > The /etc/fstab was incorrect after I did that (duh). Would it make > sense to move the automatic configuration of that file into the Make Hard > Disk Bootable step? In my case, since I was changing the partition > numbering, I expected that step to do whatever was necessary to make the > system bootable. i don't think its appropriate for Make System Bootable to be messing with /etc/fstab, not all users will want to use Make System Bootable (particularly on x86 systems) and many architectures don't support that step at all. on older boot-floppies you might be able to get away with rerunning `configure the base system' which is where this step is currently located, but current boot-floppies don't allow you to rerun that step, its automatically run after base install (since its non-interactive now). if your messing with partition ordering you need to edit /etc/fstab yourself, or better do it before you install. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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