Re: Default partition mounts [ "Installation Guide" lacks index ]
On 8/19/24 05:19, Richard Owlett wrote:
I'm over 80 and doing first "from scratch" install since Squeeze ;}
Hardware is Lenovo R61 ThinkPad (64 bit).
I multi boot [Grub will have at least three options]:
1. minimalist installation - primarily command line usage
2. 64 bit Debian with maximum features
3. 32 bit Debian - couple of applications require a 32 bit OS
4. other installs with strong project dependencies
Today's question
At boot time, what determines which physical partition gets mounted as a specific directory ( /, /home, swap, and so forth )?
In most cases, mount actions are as described in /etc/fstab of the image being booted. See the manpage for fstab. The significant exception I am aware of would be a case in which there are ZFS file systems, for which mount points are specified within the file system.
Note that fstab (5) is not a complete specification; in particular, the list of mount options is not complete. Additional information can be had from the mount (5) manpage, which has a more complete list of general mount options and references to applicable manpages for filesystem specific options.
If you use an installer, /etc/fstab normally will be set up correctly for the instance during installation, and may be modified by editing /etc/fstab (for instance, to enable data exchange by cross mounting one or more partitions used primarily by a different image).
Regards,
Tom Dial
Please reference documentation as reading it will remind me of how and why I chose specific options.
TIA
P.S. - re-reading https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ ;}!
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