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

[Basil Chupin]

On 03/06/10 15:50, jon at jcosby.com wrote:
> 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*.
>    
ABSDoug clearly states above that sda5 is his Ubuntu 9.04 installation (unless this is a typo) and sda6 is Ubuntu 10.04.

You DON'T need a /home or any other partition to run Linux of any flavour.


sda1 = Compaq Windows XP Recovery
sda2 = Wnidows XP
sda3 = Windows XP Data area
sda4 = Extended partition (not 'Logical', ABSDoug)
sda5 = Ubuntu 9.04
sda6 = Ubuntu 10.04
sda7 = Swap (for 9.04 and 10.04)

BC

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