Holy ___: what is this "fstab" mess I made

[jon at jcosby.com]

Quoting ABSDoug <absdoug at yahoo.com>:

> Reposting below to keep things neat...
>
> Partition 1=Windows XP recovery, 2=XP 3=Storage(NTFS) 4=(Logical  
> partition) 5=9.04 6=10.04 7=swap
>
> Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> Disk identifier: 0x11a8ba38
>
>    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
> /dev/sda1               1         637     5116671   12  Compaq diagnostics
> /dev/sda2   *         638        5736    40957717+   7  HPFS/NTFS
> /dev/sda3            5737       15633    79497652+   7  HPFS/NTFS
> /dev/sda4           15634       19457    30716218    5  Extended
> /dev/sda5           15634       18692    24571354+  83  Linux
> /dev/sda6           18693       19196     4047870   83  Linux
> /dev/sda7           19197       19457     2096451   82  Linux swap / Solaris
>
>

/dev/sda6 would appear to be your root (/) partition device and  
/dev/sda5 /home. Read 'man fstab' for information on adding these to  
your /etc/fstab file. *Backup fstab, or any critical system file,  
before making changes*.

And lighten up. People are happy to help, but you've been acting like  
a holy s-head and gotten yourself plunked by the very people who could  
help you in the future. Think about your message when you post,  
realize that some people might be more sensitive than you are, and  
remember to give details of the problem.



Jon