Does the order in which devices are listed in fstab matter?
All the information I find about the fstab file shows that the units are listed chronologically.
sda1
sda2
sdb1
etc...
My fstab file is listed as follows:
sda2 (root)
sda1 (efi)
sda3 (swap)
Computer works, but starts a little slow, it takes a long time to connect sda2.
Therefore, I wonder how the devices are listed in the fstab file
has some significance
mount fstab
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All the information I find about the fstab file shows that the units are listed chronologically.
sda1
sda2
sdb1
etc...
My fstab file is listed as follows:
sda2 (root)
sda1 (efi)
sda3 (swap)
Computer works, but starts a little slow, it takes a long time to connect sda2.
Therefore, I wonder how the devices are listed in the fstab file
has some significance
mount fstab
edited Mar 14 at 10:36
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asked Mar 14 at 6:27
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You probably mean alphabetically rather than chronologically… If your root partition is slow to mount, there might be a problem with the filesystem but you provided too little information.
– Melebius
Mar 14 at 6:39
2
Possible duplicate of Does order of mount operations matter when mounting into an existing mountpoint?
– PerlDuck
Mar 14 at 12:15
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All the information I find about the fstab file shows that the units are listed chronologically.
sda1
sda2
sdb1
etc...
My fstab file is listed as follows:
sda2 (root)
sda1 (efi)
sda3 (swap)
Computer works, but starts a little slow, it takes a long time to connect sda2.
Therefore, I wonder how the devices are listed in the fstab file
has some significance
mount fstab
edited Mar 14 at 10:36
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asked Mar 14 at 6:27
Skalman65Skalman65
82
All the information I find about the fstab file shows that the units are listed chronologically.
sda1
sda2
sdb1
etc...
My fstab file is listed as follows:
sda2 (root)
sda1 (efi)
sda3 (swap)
Computer works, but starts a little slow, it takes a long time to connect sda2.
Therefore, I wonder how the devices are listed in the fstab file
has some significance
mount fstab
mount fstab
edited Mar 14 at 10:36
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asked Mar 14 at 6:27
Skalman65Skalman65
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edited Mar 14 at 10:36
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asked Mar 14 at 6:27
Skalman65Skalman65
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edited Mar 14 at 10:36
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edited Mar 14 at 10:36
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You probably mean alphabetically rather than chronologically… If your root partition is slow to mount, there might be a problem with the filesystem but you provided too little information.
– Melebius
Mar 14 at 6:39
2
Possible duplicate of Does order of mount operations matter when mounting into an existing mountpoint?
– PerlDuck
Mar 14 at 12:15
add a comment |
1
You probably mean alphabetically rather than chronologically… If your root partition is slow to mount, there might be a problem with the filesystem but you provided too little information.
– Melebius
Mar 14 at 6:39
2
Possible duplicate of Does order of mount operations matter when mounting into an existing mountpoint?
– PerlDuck
Mar 14 at 12:15
1
1
You probably mean alphabetically rather than chronologically… If your root partition is slow to mount, there might be a problem with the filesystem but you provided too little information.
– Melebius
Mar 14 at 6:39
You probably mean alphabetically rather than chronologically… If your root partition is slow to mount, there might be a problem with the filesystem but you provided too little information.
– Melebius
Mar 14 at 6:39
2
2
Possible duplicate of Does order of mount operations matter when mounting into an existing mountpoint?
– PerlDuck
Mar 14 at 12:15
Possible duplicate of Does order of mount operations matter when mounting into an existing mountpoint?
– PerlDuck
Mar 14 at 12:15
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From man fstab (Lubuntu 19.04):
fstab - static information about the filesystems
The file fstab contains descriptive information about the filesystems the system can
mount. fstab is only read by programs, and not written; it is the duty of the system
administrator to properly create and maintain this file. The order of records in fstab is
important because fsck(8), mount(8), and umount(8) sequentially iterate through fstab
doing their thing.
If you had a separate /home (or other directory) partition, it'd be mounted on-top of /, so of course / should be listed first. This can be taken advantage of, though usually not with default fstab mounts.
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From man fstab (Lubuntu 19.04):
fstab - static information about the filesystems
The file fstab contains descriptive information about the filesystems the system can
mount. fstab is only read by programs, and not written; it is the duty of the system
administrator to properly create and maintain this file. The order of records in fstab is
important because fsck(8), mount(8), and umount(8) sequentially iterate through fstab
doing their thing.
If you had a separate /home (or other directory) partition, it'd be mounted on-top of /, so of course / should be listed first. This can be taken advantage of, though usually not with default fstab mounts.
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From man fstab (Lubuntu 19.04):
fstab - static information about the filesystems
The file fstab contains descriptive information about the filesystems the system can
mount. fstab is only read by programs, and not written; it is the duty of the system
administrator to properly create and maintain this file. The order of records in fstab is
important because fsck(8), mount(8), and umount(8) sequentially iterate through fstab
doing their thing.
If you had a separate /home (or other directory) partition, it'd be mounted on-top of /, so of course / should be listed first. This can be taken advantage of, though usually not with default fstab mounts.
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From man fstab (Lubuntu 19.04):
fstab - static information about the filesystems
The file fstab contains descriptive information about the filesystems the system can
mount. fstab is only read by programs, and not written; it is the duty of the system
administrator to properly create and maintain this file. The order of records in fstab is
important because fsck(8), mount(8), and umount(8) sequentially iterate through fstab
doing their thing.
If you had a separate /home (or other directory) partition, it'd be mounted on-top of /, so of course / should be listed first. This can be taken advantage of, though usually not with default fstab mounts.
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From man fstab (Lubuntu 19.04):
fstab - static information about the filesystems
The file fstab contains descriptive information about the filesystems the system can
mount. fstab is only read by programs, and not written; it is the duty of the system
administrator to properly create and maintain this file. The order of records in fstab is
important because fsck(8), mount(8), and umount(8) sequentially iterate through fstab
doing their thing.
If you had a separate /home (or other directory) partition, it'd be mounted on-top of /, so of course / should be listed first. This can be taken advantage of, though usually not with default fstab mounts.
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You probably mean alphabetically rather than chronologically… If your root partition is slow to mount, there might be a problem with the filesystem but you provided too little information.
– Melebius
Mar 14 at 6:39
2
Possible duplicate of Does order of mount operations matter when mounting into an existing mountpoint?
– PerlDuck
Mar 14 at 12:15