mount partition not mounted

admi · 11-02-2004, 06:09 AM

Hallo,

I have just installed Gentoo Linux. I used fdisk for partitions and made a swap partiotion (id 82). Now, when I boot the system, the boot partition is not mounted, although it exists in the file /etc/fstab. What should I do to mount the swap partiotion at boot time? Thanks

acid_kewpie · 11-02-2004, 06:26 AM

you shoulnd' tbe mounting boot as routine. you don't need to. moreover if you mount it, you risk somethign happening to it if your system were to have a nasty failure. if it's not mounted, it can't go wrong. mount it on an adhoc basis. this is by design within the default gentoo fstab file.

admi · 11-02-2004, 10:28 AM

Hallo,

what do you mean by adhoc way? /swap is already mounted in /etc/fstab but it is not mounted at the boot time.

Thanks