Re: Does a bad /etc/fstab entry of a 'spare' drive prevent system booting?

On 26/05/2026 11:33 am, David Wright wrote:
> On Tue 26 May 2026 at 10:08:15 (+0700), Max Nikulin wrote:
>> On 25/05/2026 9:49 pm, David Wright wrote:
>>> (To be fair,   man fstab   does contain a disclaimer:
>>>
>>>      "This document describes handling of fstab by util-linux
>>>       and libmount. For systemd, read systemd documentation.
>>>       There are slight differences."
>>>
>>> but no references.)
>>
>> <https://manpages.debian.org/systemd.mount#FSTAB>
>>
>> Sorry, I am not going to ask util-linux developers to add a link (as
>> the manpage or to its variant hosted at the systemd web site).
> 
> "No references" was not intended as a criticism of man fstab.

I believe, a link will improve the man page. Perhaps the phrase was 
added when it was not clear what document should be suggested. Somebody 
may play git blame game and may try to find if current wording has been 
discussed earlier.

> In fact,
> the aside (the only part of the post you quoted) was to credit the man
> page for at least /mentioning/ systemd, which the fstab wiki fails to
> do at the present time. (Its timestamp is 2024-01-21 19:29:15)

It may be fixed as well.