Making /etc/fstab persistent in live-system

[Hal Burgiss]

On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 3:14 PM, Loïc Grenié <loic.grenie at gmail.com> wrote:

> 2010/10/17 Hal Burgiss <hal at burgiss.net>:
> > On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 12:49 PM, Loïc Grenié <loic.grenie at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>     That would work but it has the annoying side effect that it becomes
> >>  cumbersome to modify /etc/fstab afterward (the first person only wanted
> >>  that his/her fstab would not be reset at each boot).
> >>
> >
> > When did this "feature" come into play? That sounds really annoying
> (IMO).
>
>    Which of the two features that /etc/fstab is reset or that
> /etc/fstab is cumbersome
>  to modify after a chattr +i ?
>
>  - /etc fstab reset at each boot:
>
>     It is "built-in" casper since at least Edgy. It's true only for
> CD/USB key boot
>  (I think). I reset it at each ubuntu upgrade of my USB key !
>
>    Once again: for normal boot it is not true.
>
>  - unmodifiable /etc/fstab if you set it immutable
>
>     I think it's clear.
>
>           Hope this helps,
>
>
Yes, it does thanks. chattr has always been the case (AFAIK). The fstab
thing scared me. But if its only CD/USB, that makes sense.


-- 
Hal
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