genfstab1

Script to generate an fstab file based on mounted partitions

Usage

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

Overview

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