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authorLily Foster <lily@lily.flowers>2023-01-25 19:05:08 -0500
committerLily Foster <lily@lily.flowers>2023-01-25 19:05:08 -0500
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fstab-generator: use correct targets when /sysroot is specificied in fstab only
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diff --git a/man/systemd-fstab-generator.xml b/man/systemd-fstab-generator.xml
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@@ -81,12 +81,15 @@
<listitem><para>Configures the operating system's root filesystem to mount when running in the
initrd. This accepts a device node path (usually <filename>/dev/disk/by-uuid/…</filename> or
- <filename>/dev/disk/by-label/…</filename> or similar), or the special values <literal>gpt-auto</literal>
- and <literal>tmpfs</literal>.</para>
+ <filename>/dev/disk/by-label/…</filename> or similar), or the special values <literal>gpt-auto</literal>,
+ <literal>fstab</literal>, and <literal>tmpfs</literal>.</para>
<para>Use <literal>gpt-auto</literal> to explicitly request automatic root file system discovery via
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-gpt-auto-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
+ <para>Use <literal>fstab</literal> to explicitly request automatic root file system discovery via
+ the initrd <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> rather than via kernel command line.</para>
+
<para>Use <literal>tmpfs</literal> in order to mount a <citerefentry
project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>tmpfs</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> file
system as root file system of the OS. This is useful in combination with