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   Carlos E.R. to bad sector   
   Re: Empty fstab?   
   24 Oct 20 21:19:08   
   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 24/10/2020 21.07, bad sector wrote:   
   > On 2020-10-24 13:42, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >> On 24/10/2020 16.18, bad sector wrote:   
   >   
   >>> As in, that's when Yast or partitioner might have wrote an empty   
   >>> fstab, just a hunch. I certainly haven't   
   >>>   
   >>> emptied or saved an emty fstab in my life.   
   >>   
   >> It never happened to me, and I use labels on all my partitions. YaST   
   >> does other things, like changing your tabs to spaces and other wise   
   >> wrecking a beautifully edited fstab, but empty it, never.   
   >   
   > How about if a label is the ONLY thing you change?   
      
   Sure, no problem.   
   But nowdays I use gparted because it does the job faster, and doesn't   
   edit fstab.   
      
   > I mean something did it TWICE and it wasn't me   
   >   
   >> So to protect about changes in the formatting of fstab, I make a   
   >> backup copy before doing changes:   
   >>   
   >> /etc/fstab   
   >>   
   >> /etc/fstab.20201024   
   >   
   > lucky you, I have to make'em after the chages :)   
      
   I don't see why.   
   Make a copy, start yast, check.   
      
      
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   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
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