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Posted: **Fri Jan 15, 2016 11:56 am**

According to the Debian wiki:

It is not necessary to list /proc and /sys in the fstab unless some special options are needed. The boot system will always mount them.

https://wiki.debian.org/fstab

Most distros don't have proc into their default fstabs, but the BBQ and a few other Sid based distros keep mounting proc from fstab. Wondering what's the purpose. Still a good habit? ...or what are those special options if any?

Thanks in advance.

Posted: **Fri Jan 15, 2016 12:53 pm**

might be left over from the live spin session?

PS. Raspian also:

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root@raspberrypi:~# cat /etc/fstab
proc            /proc           proc    defaults          0       0
/dev/mmcblk0p1  /boot           vfat    defaults          0       2
...

Posted: **Fri Jan 15, 2016 1:02 pm**

A leftover from old makedev days possibly. It doesn't hurt to keep the line -- or to remove it: not sure if there are so many programs that require procfs.

Posted: **Sat Jan 16, 2016 7:38 am**

Thanks, guys.

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