Keith Roberts wrote: > I'm trying to add a long list of mount options in my fstab, > and break the entry over 2 lines, as it goes off screen. > > Taking this as an example: > > # This works > # > #/dev/hda9 > # original settings > # LABEL=downloads /downloads ext3 defaults 1 2 > > # This doesn't work > # > #/dev/hda9 > # new options > LABEL=downloads /downloads \ > ext3 defaults 1 2 > > Using the '\' character at the end of the line in the above > example gives the following error message at boot time: <snip> Just a thought: go into vi, cursor down to the line, and hit $, and see where the actual end of the line is. If there's whitespace *after* the \, it won't work.
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