HD Install :: DSL doesn't mount fstab-partitions at boot.



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add nofstab and the fstab will not be rebuilt

I edited /etc/fstab to mount partitions like I want them, then I deleted all the KNOPPIX lines.  I added    nofstab   to the kernel line in menu.lst and rebooted.  I still get a bunch of "# Added by KNOPPIX" in /etc/fstab.  What did I do wrong?  At the GRUB menu I used e then e to verify I'm booting a line with nofstab.
I also added   mount -a   to /opt/bootlocal.sh.  That works fine.  Now the partitions mount where my edits to /etc/fstab tells them to.  I don't see that the KNOPPIX adds mounted anything in /mnt/hdax.  Partitions are mounted where I wanted them.  It's just uncomfortable to have unwanted edits done to /etc/fstab.
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I still get a bunch of "# Added by KNOPPIX" in /etc/fstab.  What did I do wrong?

Nothing. That's the beauty of knoppix! It will continually rewrite your fstab for you.

Thankfully, Robert removed many of the extraneous filesystem modules so those no longer load as a result of the knoppix scripts (especially /sbin/hotplug-knoppix and its call to /usr/sbin/rebuildfstab). This is one of the primary reasons why I think "Debian-style" hard drive installs with DSL are too much of a hassle. These scripts are fine (ideal even) for CD/frugal-type installs but not for traditional hard drive installs.
You're right I am adding DSL as a traditional hard drive installation.
I still have my 1996 Gateway GP5-200 (Pentium 5 at 200MHz) 256MB RAM.  I have SuSE 10.1, Xubuntu 7.04, ZenWalk 5.2, Puppy v4.0 all on it's 40GB hard drive.  On this old PC only DSL will actually turn off the PC on shutdown, the others reboot! or leave the screen and PC on waiting for me to push in the switch for 5 seconds.  Kernel 2.4 vs. 2.6 maybe.  DSL is also faster than SuSE and Xubuntu.  Since DSL is mounting my partitions in the directories of my choice this issue is not worth pursuing.  I did wade around in rc5.d, etc/init.d/dsl-functions and more, but I did not wander across a script that edits fstab.
On to other issues ... useradd, auto login, mydsl, ssh, ... I'll enjoy myself  :)
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...1996 Gateway GP5-200 (Pentium 5 at 200MHz)...

Pentium 2 (probably MMX). With 256MB of RAM, you should reconsider using a frugal install and running toram. There's not much need for all those other things you have cluttering up your hard drive (Puppy?! ugh). The power-off is related to ACPI/APM, not a kernel-specific difference.

If you insist on keeping/using hard drive install, there are a few things I recommend updating and changing. There's a WWW link at the bottom of each of my posts that goes to my blog, where I have a DSL Hard Drive page linked on the top right hand side. I was going add more content related to un-knoppix'ing things but haven't yet. None of that is germane, though, if you use a frugal install and then have the rest of your hard drive for other things.

edit... one update to my hard drive page:
OpenSSH_5.0p1, OpenSSL 0.9.8h 28 May 2008

original here.