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Idea #14184: easier '/etc/fstab' setup when installing Ubuntu

Written by nitrofurano the 7 Oct 08 at 15:30. Related project: Live CD. Status: New
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Finally i could understand what http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/14179/ is about.

When installing Ubuntu, all partitions and disks are not recognized to be writed at '/etc/fstab', which we have to set them by hand. @TalAshkenazi has the point, it's not easy for newbies.

This should be easier to be supported, and as well a tool can help us to edit easily '/etc/fstab' when replacing disks would be welcome as well.

The coders also must not forget there are tons of disk system formats beyond ext, ntfs and fat, like hfsplus, nfs, xfs, zfs, reiserfs, etc.

Also not to forget is the fact of old versions of RedHat (before Fedora) used to do this by default... Why is this so missing on Ubuntu, from 4.10 to 8.10, is a complete mistery...

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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #14184
Written by nitrofurano the 7 Oct 08 at 15:30.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #14184 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!

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urandom wrote on the 8 Oct 08 at 12:01
I don't think such a tool is needed. It seems that all hard drives with all their partitions are either automatically mounted, or can be mounted when you click on their icon in nautilus/the desktop.


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