[d5062b8] | 1 | <sect1 id="ch08-fstab">
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[6370fa6] | 2 | <title>Creating the /etc/fstab file</title>
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[e12115e] | 3 | <?dbhtml filename="fstab.html" dir="chapter08"?>
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[6370fa6] | 4 |
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[548d65f] | 5 | <para>The <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> file is used by some programs to
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| 6 | determine where partitions are to be mounted by default, which file systems
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| 7 | must be checked and in which order. Create a new file systems table like
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| 8 | this:</para>
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[6370fa6] | 9 |
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[b822811] | 10 | <para><screen><userinput>cat > /etc/fstab << "EOF"</userinput>
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[6370fa6] | 11 | # Begin /etc/fstab
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| 12 |
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[548d65f] | 13 | # filesystem mount-point fs-type options dump fsck-order
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[d5062b8] | 14 |
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[548d65f] | 15 | /dev/xxx / fff defaults 1 1
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| 16 | /dev/yyy swap swap pri=1 0 0
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| 17 | proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
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| 18 | shm /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
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[6370fa6] | 19 |
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| 20 | # End /etc/fstab
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[b822811] | 21 | <userinput>EOF</userinput></screen></para>
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[6370fa6] | 22 |
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[548d65f] | 23 | <para>Of course, replace <filename>xxx</filename>, <filename>yyy</filename>
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| 24 | and <filename>fff</filename> with the values appropriate for your system --
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| 25 | for example <filename>hda2</filename>, <filename>hda5</filename> and
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| 26 | <filename>reiserfs</filename>. For all the details on the six fields in this
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| 27 | table, see <userinput>man 5 fstab</userinput>.</para>
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[d5062b8] | 28 |
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[548d65f] | 29 | <para>When using a reiserfs partition, the <emphasis>1 1</emphasis> at the
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| 30 | end of the line should be replaced with <emphasis>0 0</emphasis>, as such a
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| 31 | partition does not need to be dumped or checked</para>
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[d5062b8] | 32 |
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[548d65f] | 33 | <para>The <filename>/dev/shm</filename> mount point for tmpfs is included to
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| 34 | comply with Posix shared memory requirements. For more information on this,
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| 35 | see <filename>Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt</filename> in the kernel
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| 36 | source tree.</para>
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[cfdcaef7] | 37 |
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[548d65f] | 38 | <para>There are other lines which you may consider adding to your
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| 39 | <filename>fstab</filename> file. One example is the line which you must have
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| 40 | if you are using devpts:</para>
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[6370fa6] | 41 |
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[548d65f] | 42 | <para><screen>devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=4,mode=620 0 0</screen></para>
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[987aa00] | 43 |
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| 44 | <para>Another example is a line to use if you intend to use USB
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[0a2cc66] | 45 | devices:</para>
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[548d65f] | 46 | <para><screen>usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs defaults 0 0</screen></para>
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[987aa00] | 47 |
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[548d65f] | 48 | <para>Both of these options will of course only work if you have the relevant
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[987aa00] | 49 | support compiled into your kernel.</para>
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| 50 |
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[6370fa6] | 51 | </sect1>
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| 52 |
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