I made a new partition for my home drive by following this guide
I have no idea what the fstab setting it suggests mean:
UUID=???????? /home ext3 nodev,nosuid 0 2
I used an install CD and used "try it without install", so that I could run with my drive unmounted. I used GParted to resize the partition, and make a new one in the unused space. I then looked up the UUID as the guide said (and used ext4 instead), and everything worked fine.
However I'd like to understand what the "nodev,nosuid 0 2" settings are. Are these the recommended settings? Is this the only valid setting? Does it matter in any way?
Best Answer
The Arch Linux Wiki has a comprehensive list of the field definitions in your
/etc/fstab
file, including those that you are asking about:0 2
are, respectively, dump & pass:Note that
UUID
refers to the naming of your block device(s) (partitions); not the filetype. You can read more on the Arch Wiki.