Xubuntu 20.04 disaster

[Paul Smith]

On Fri, 2020-11-20 at 09:22 +0000, Chris Green wrote:
> I think that may need a device to mount as well:-
> 
>     sudo mount /dev/sdxx /home
> 
> It depends if there's access to the original /etc/fstab or not.

Since the system booted up on the original root partition I expect that
/etc/fstab was still present and correct.

Certainly after the OS has been re-installed and the fstab is lost
you'll need to use the longer form.