How does one clean a messy fstab ?

[SYNass IT Ubuntu / Linux]

On Mon, 2008-04-14 at 09:03 -0700, thomas fisher wrote:
> On Sunday 13 April 2008 17:27:15 SYNass IT Ubuntu / Linux wrote:
> > Hello Ubuntu experts and users
> > It sounds that my earlier intentions with my multi-OS setup seem to
> > ambitious and
> > somewhat too risky !?!
> >
> > Got some recommendations and warnings not to do from reliable sources
> > and
> > so I decided to step lower and more simple !! ;-)
> >
> > Currently I need your assistance / help how to clean my fstab best and
> > easiest:
> > Lucky, the system starts and runs and seems not to have any acute
> > problems. ;-)
> >
> > But what is the correct and efficient sequence of tasks to bring the
> > fstab and
> > may be other system files back to a clean proper status ???
> >
> > Do I start and rely on date from "blkid" and then correct fstab ...
> > ... or what else do I need to observe to get back successfully ?
> >
> > TIA for your very appreciated helping feedbacks.
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> First it would help if you would post:
> a) output of       cat /etc/fstab
> b) output of       df
> c) list of physical drives, the partitioning  and the filesystem of each
> Hope this helps
> Tom


Hi Tom,
Thanks for your feedback and suggestions.
The fstab together with blkid was provided already ! ;-)
I try to get along with Neil's reply: Need to learn and understand
better !! ;-))
Cheers, svobi