Re: [gentoo-user] re: can't find /boot/grub/grub.conf after kernel upgrade [3.10.7] [SOLVED]

[Alexander Kapshuk <alexander.kapshuk@gmail.com>]

On 09/08/2013 06:20 PM, Bruce Hill wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 07, 2013 at 11:31:47PM +0200, meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote:
>> the problem is in your fstab:
>>
>> You try first to mount /boot before mounting root "/"....
>> Cant work...
>>
>> Try this one:
>> /dev/sda3        /        ext4        noatime        0 1
>> /dev/sda1        /boot        ext2        default,noatime    0 2
>> /dev/sda2        none        swap        sw        0 0
>> /dev/sda5        /home        ext4        noatime            0 2
>> /dev/cdrom        /mnt/cdrom    auto        noauto,ro    0 0
>>
>>
>> best regards,
>> mcc
> That advice is wrong. See fstab example here:
>
> /dev/sda1		/boot		ext2		noatime		1 2
> /dev/sda2		/		xfs		noatime		0 1
> /dev/sda3		none		swap		sw		0 0
> /dev/cdrom		/mnt/cdrom	auto		noauto,ro	0 0
>
> To the OP. Never <snip> part of a file asked for help. There might be
> something in the file unknown to you that is pertinent to the problem.
>
> You have "default" in your /etc/fstab line for /boot, when the option is
> actually "defaults". I haven't tested to see what difference that makes, but
> you should add the s to default anyway. See "man mount".
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bruce
Thanks for your input.

Turns out /boot wouldn't mount at system start-up because I had
'default' instead of 'defaults' specified for /boot in /etc/fstab.

Now /boot gets mounted automatically without any further ado.

box0=; mount|grep ^/dev
/dev/sda3 on / type ext4 (rw,noatime,data=ordered)
/dev/sda1 on /boot type ext2 (rw,noatime)
/dev/sda5 on /home type ext4 (rw,noatime)

Thanks.