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The day has come where I have to pay attention to my keyboard ergonomics. This realization came to me as I was finishing going through the book “Writing An Interpreter In Go” and I began having some pain in my hands. This was my first time writing multiple thousands of lines of code in one project and I would go through the book in large chunks at the time. Combine that with extensive use of hotkeys and I found myself frequently putting my hands in weird unnatural positions, which is what I believe led to the discomfort in my hands.

The fstab file contains the drives that will be mounted at boot time. It contains 6 columns of information that can be divided with tabs or spaces. Column 1: Device: You can use the UUID (Recommended) or device path (UUID=UUID or /dev/device_name) Column 2: Mount Point: Directory you want the drive to be mounted in. This can be a path to anywhere on the system. Column 3: File System: Put the partitions file system, auto is valid if unknown Column 4: Options: Allows to change the behavior of the mounted drive. defaults is a valid option Column 5: Backup Operation (Dump): An outdated backup mechanism and should not be used. Use 0 in this column. Column 6: File System Check Order: The root file system should be set to 1, enter 0 for it not to be checked, enter 2 for all other file systems. Generally use 0. Steps for adding a device: