Comment 2 for bug 33512

I also think that putting static information about removable device is useless. People running servers without X/GNOME/KDE probably know how to use /etc/fstab. If not, they will have to learn it anyway after inserting usb flash disc or external drive.

Putting static info to fstab can imho cause problems to average users, for example when they change configuration of their computer. I personally had this problem after installing ubuntu from flash drive. Installation program thought that flash drive was actually cd-rom drive and put line in fstab saying that filesystem at /dev/sda1 is is9660. After installation I couldn't use flash drives, with automounter simply saying it can't mount the device, without any explanation. Removing /dev/sda1 from fstab fixed the problem.