NAME
genfstab - script to generate an fstab file based on mounted partitions
SYNOPSIS
genfstab [options] root
OPTIONS
- -f FILTER
-
Restrict output to mountpoints matching the prefix FILTER
- -L
-
Use labels for source identifiers (shortcut for -t LABEL)
- -p
-
Exclude pseudofs mounts (default behavior)
- -P
-
Include pseudofs mounts
- -t TAG
-
Use TAG for source identifiers. Common options for TAG include: LABEL, UUID, PARTLABEL, PARTUUID
- -U
-
Use UUIDs for source identifiers (shortcut for -t UUID)
- -h
-
Print the help message
DESCRIPTION
One can use genfstab to generate fstab entries for mounted partitions given a filesystem root. This can be useful when installing or chrooting into a broken installation.
EXAMPLES
To generate an fstab file using UUIDs as identifiers, run:
genfstab -U /media/testing >> /media/testing/etc/fstab