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On Mon, 4 Jul 2011 12:12:03 +0000, Alan Mackenzie wrote: |
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> > > o - Do live CDs actually mount filesystems on HDDs? |
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> > Only when you ask them to. |
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> I'm stupid. Of _course_ a live CD can't mount HDD filesystems at boot. |
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> To do this it would need /etc/fstab, for which it would need to be told |
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> the root partition. A live CD doesn't get this. |
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A live CD can mount partitions automatically at boot, some do. all it |
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needs to do is scan the disk partition tables, create the mount points |
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and mount them. |
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Knoppix has been doing the first two for years, and writing the details |
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to /etc/fstab to allow the user to mount them easily. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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A computer without Microsoft is like a chocolate cake without mustard. |
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