Bug#336509: linux-image-2.6.14-1-686: Install fails: "yaird error: malformed line in /etc/fstab:9 (fatal)"
On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 23:57:30 +0100
Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk> wrote:
> This means yaird is to blame, not the kernel package...
Thanks for explaining, I was clueless about 'yaird'.
> > 9 /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrw iso9660 noauto,user,ro
> >
> > ...no, my cdrw drive shouldn't influence kernel upgrades.
>
> I suspect this is the case.
>
> Could you try adding " 0 0" to the end of that line and do a
> "dpkg-reconfigure linux-image-2.6.14-1-686", to see if that helps?
Yes, it helped, but then I got errors for other lines in my
'fstab' so I added " 0 0" to the end of those lines. Now the install
works. (And much appreciation for the accurate diagnostics!)
Looks like 'yaird' is finicky about 'fstab' formats. Supposing there's
a good reason for that... if so it might be better for users if the
'yaird' installer script checked 'fstab' when upgrading or replacing
'initrd' systems, then after finding such malformed 'fstab' lines it
could offer to correct those -- but if correcting those was unfeasible,
it should advise users that their 'fstab' needs fixing.
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