From 92bfe467e410a767bc27db708dcbce74b8cdaf39 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Storm Dragon <stormdragon2976@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2026 19:37:42 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fixed a bug that could leave fstab unmodified on new
 installations.

---
 x86_64/airootfs/usr/local/bin/install-stormux | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/x86_64/airootfs/usr/local/bin/install-stormux b/x86_64/airootfs/usr/local/bin/install-stormux
index be18ff7..90edcf5 100755
--- a/x86_64/airootfs/usr/local/bin/install-stormux
+++ b/x86_64/airootfs/usr/local/bin/install-stormux
@@ -1461,10 +1461,10 @@ install_base_system() {
 
     # Generate or preserve fstab
     if [[ "$useExistingMount" == true ]]; then
-        if [[ -s "$mountPoint/etc/fstab" ]]; then
+        if grep -Eq '^[[:space:]]*[^#[:space:]]' "$mountPoint/etc/fstab" 2>/dev/null; then
             log_info "Manual mount mode: preserving existing /etc/fstab"
         else
-            log_warning "Manual mount mode: /etc/fstab not found, generating one"
+            log_warning "Manual mount mode: /etc/fstab has no filesystem entries, generating one"
             genfstab -U "$mountPoint" > "$mountPoint/etc/fstab"
         fi
     else