Auto Mount problems (Trusty)

[Chris Green]

On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 08:50:24AM +1100, Karl Auer wrote:
> On Mon, 2016-03-28 at 19:24 +0100, Grizzly wrote:
> > I looked at /etc/fstab (a lot more messy than yours) but the scary
> > warnings about frigging the total system if you get it wrong made me
> > weary
> 
> This is a general point, not just about your issue, but your comment
> above spurred me to write:
> 
> As long as you have a bootable CD, DVD or USB stick, making errors in
> files like /etc/fstab is not that disastrous. You can always boot the
> CD, DVD or USB stick, mount your "real" disk on /mnt, and restore the
> file or edit it back to a working state.
> 
> Prepare:
> 
> 1: Make a bootable CD, DVD or USB stick
>    - pretty much any recent version of Ubuntu will do
> 2: Boot it
> 3: mount -t ext4 /dev/sda1 /mnt
>    - substitute as needed for "sda1" and "ext4"
>    - now your entire real disk is available on /mnt
> 3: Create, edit and delete a file in /mnt
>    - this is just to check that you can
> 4: Reboot back to your normal system
> 
> Make the changes:
> 
> 1: Make copies of any files you plan to change
> 2: Make the changes
> 3: Test the changes
> 
> If you then can't access your system normally:
> 
> 1: Boot off your prepared CD, DVD or USB stick
> 2: mount -t ext4 /dev/sda1 /mnt
>    - substitute as needed for "sda1" and "ext4"
>    - now your entire real disk is available on /mnt
> 3: Do whatever repairs are needed
> 4: Reboot back to your normal system
> 
Not to mention that as long as you leave the existing lines in fstab
in place and add your extras at the bottom you're very unlikely to
stop the system booting.

-- 
Chris Green