On Thu, 18 May 2006 13:34:55 -0700, Richard Fish wrote:

> 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...

Things have changed in the installation handbook then, one of the
disadvantages of running a system that never needs re-installing, you
remember out of date information.

noauto *was* the default.


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Neil Bothwick

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