Changeset 573e70c in clfs-embedded for BOOK/bootable

Timestamp:

Jul 17, 2017, 7:50:13 PM (7 years ago)

Author:

Andrew Bradford <andrew@…>

Branches:

master

Children:

dd92ea4

Parents:

81b4464

Message:

bootable/fstab: Remove / line

Bootloader will tell Linux where rootfs is, we have no other file
systems, so we can have an empty /etc/fstab.

File:

• BOOK/bootable/common/fstab.xml (modified) (1 diff)

BOOK/bootable/common/fstab.xml

@@ -18 +18 @@
   programs to determine where file systems are to be mounted by default,
   in which order, and which must be checked (for integrity errors) prior
-  to mounting. Create a new file systems table like this:</para>
+  to mounting.  For our embedded system, the bootloader will tell Linux where to
+  find the root file system and we will not mount any additional file systems,
+  so we can create an empty file system table like this:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>cat &gt; ${CLFS}/targetfs/etc/fstab &lt;&lt; "EOF"
-<literal># file-system  mount-point  type   options          dump  fsck
-/dev/<replaceable>[xxx]</replaceable>     /            <replaceable>[fff]</replaceable>  defaults         1     1</literal>
+<literal># file-system  mount-point  type   options          dump  fsck</literal>
 EOF</userinput></screen>
 
-  <para os="b">Replace <replaceable>[xxx]</replaceable>
-  and <replaceable>[fff]</replaceable>
-  with the values appropriate for the system, for example, <filename
-  class="partition">mmcblk0p2</filename>
-  and <systemitem class="filesystem">ext4</systemitem>. For details on the 
-  fields in this file, see <command>man 5 fstab</command>.</para>
-
-  <para>You may also add any other file systems, such as swap or other partitions
-  or network file systems, to this fstab as well.</para>
+  <para>You may add any other file systems, such as swap or other partitions
+  or network file systems, to this fstab if you wish.</para>
 
 </sect1>