On Sat, 29 Apr 2017 15:59:04 +0200, Pablo Fernández Bustamante wrote: >> However, when booting into Linux Mint I did not get the emergency >> message even though fstab in that refers to the missing external >> drive. > >If I remember correctly, grub will read the /etc/fstab of the last OS >installed. Was it Ubuntustudio?. I think GRUB is ignoring Linux >Mint:/etc/fstab
Hi, no this is wrong. You are confusing default installs that enforce to install GRUB 2 with the OP's issue. Some novice-friendly installers, such as the Ubuntu flavours, enforce to install a bootloader, usually GRUB 2. In this case GRUB 2 from the last install is used, so the bootloader installed to e.g. the MBR points to /boot/grub/grub.cfg of the last installed Linux. IOW ignored is a grub.cfg of older installs, but fstab is _not ignored_. Each Linux does use it's own fstab, assuming a user still does use fstab, since when using systemd fstab not necessarily is needed. FWIW some other Linux's installers don't enforce to install a bootloader at all and experienced users often avoid using GRUB legacy as well as GRUB 2 like the plague. Much likely the majority of Linux geeks does use syslinux, btw. this is the bootloader I'm using, too. Regards, Ralf -- ubuntu-studio-users mailing list ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
