fstab question

[Phil]

On 8/8/20 10:41 pm, Colin Law wrote:
> You said earlier that you had removed the linux partition and
> re-installed, so nothing is as it was before.
> When you installed what did you tell the installer to do?
Just a simple straight forward single ext4 '/' partition alongside the 
Windows partition. In the past I had used a separate '/home' partition 
on other computers. The cloning process prevented Linux from rebooting 
so I thought that a fresh installation may solve the problem, but it didn't.
> Is Windows on that SSD too or is there another disk?

Windows is on the same SSD and that's the only reason that I cloned the 
SSD in the first place. I don't have the original Windows installation 
media. I need Windows for only one application and that is to keep my 
Garmin navigator up to date.

There is a simple, although expensive, solution; buy another laptop. I 
do need some extra RAM anyway. I'm tempted but the more modern Thankpads 
don't come with DVD writers, which I probably don't really need, and 
they generally have fewer USB ports than my T420.

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Regards,
Phil