On 5/18/06, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
It is supposed to have noauto, because /boot does not need to be mounted in the normal course of events. GRUB doesn't use /etc/fstab, it uses grub.conf to find the kernel. The only time you need to mount /boot is when installing a new kernel.
I disagree that it is 'supposed' to have noauto. This could make the system more secure, but so could mounting it read-only. Users do forget to mount it before updating the kernel, and they get confused about why the system isn't booting from their freshly compiled kernel. I am sure Maxim is not the only one to do this... In fact, the current handbook says: ------- Code Listing 2: An example /boot line for /etc/fstab /dev/hda1 /boot ext2 defaults 1 2 Some users don't want their /boot partition to be mounted automatically to improve their system's security. Those people should substitute defaults with noauto. This does mean that you need to manually mount this partition every time you want to use it. ------- So it seems that 'noauto' is an option for specific users. Not for general use... -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
