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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 | ]>
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7 |
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8 | <sect1 id="ch-bootable-fstab">
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9 | <?dbhtml filename="fstab.html"?>
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10 |
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11 | <title>Creating the /etc/fstab File</title>
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12 |
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13 | <indexterm zone="ch-bootable-fstab">
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14 | <primary sortas="e-/etc/fstab">/etc/fstab</primary>
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15 | </indexterm>
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16 |
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17 | <para>The <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> file is used by some programs to
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18 | determine where file systems are to be mounted by default, in which order, and
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19 | which must be checked (for integrity errors) prior to mounting. Create a new
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20 | file systems table like this:</para>
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21 |
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22 | <screen><userinput>cat > /etc/fstab << "EOF"
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23 | <literal># Begin /etc/fstab
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24 |
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25 | # file system mount-point type options dump fsck
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26 | # order
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27 |
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28 | /dev/<replaceable><xxx></replaceable> / <replaceable><fff></replaceable> defaults 1 1
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29 | /dev/<replaceable><yyy></replaceable> swap swap pri=1 0 0
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30 | proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
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31 | sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
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32 | devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=4,mode=620 0 0
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33 | shm /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
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34 | # End /etc/fstab</literal>
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35 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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36 |
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37 | <para>Replace <replaceable><xxx></replaceable>,
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38 | <replaceable><yyy></replaceable>, and <replaceable><fff></replaceable>
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39 | with the values appropriate for the system, for example, <filename
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40 | class="partition">hda2</filename>, <filename
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41 | class="partition">hda5</filename>, and <systemitem
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42 | class="filesystem">ext3</systemitem>. For details on the six
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43 | fields in this file, see <command>man 5 fstab</command>.</para>
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44 |
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45 | <para>The <filename class="directory">/dev/shm</filename> mount point
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46 | for <systemitem class="filesystem">tmpfs</systemitem> is included to
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47 | allow enabling POSIX-shared memory. The kernel must have the required
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48 | support built into it for this to work (more about this is in the next
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49 | section). Please note that very little software currently uses
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50 | POSIX-shared memory. Therefore, consider the <filename
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51 | class="directory">/dev/shm</filename> mount point optional. For more
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52 | information, see
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53 | <filename>Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt</filename> in the kernel
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54 | source tree.</para>
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55 |
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56 | <para>Filesystems with MS-DOS or Windows origin (i.e.: vfat, ntfs, smbfs, cifs,
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57 | iso9660, udf) need the <quote>iocharset</quote> mount option in order for
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58 | non-ASCII characters in file names to be interpreted properly. The value
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59 | of this option should be the same as the character set of your locale,
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60 | adjusted in such a way that the kernel understands it. This works if the
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61 | relevant character set definition (found under File systems ->
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62 | Native Language Support) has been compiled into the kernel
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63 | or built as a module. The <quote>codepage</quote> option is also needed for
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64 | vfat and smbfs filesystems. It should be set to the codepage number used
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65 | under MS-DOS in your country. E.g., in order to mount USB flash drives, a
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66 | ru_RU.KOI8-R user would need the following in the options portion of its
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67 | mount line in <filename>/etc/fstab</filename>:</para>
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68 |
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69 | <screen><literal>noauto,user,quiet,showexec,iocharset=koi8r,codepage=866</literal></screen>
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70 |
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71 | <para>The corresponding options fragment for ru_RU.UTF-8 users is:</para>
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72 |
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73 | <screen><literal>noauto,user,quiet,showexec,iocharset=utf8,codepage=866</literal></screen>
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74 |
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75 | <note>
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76 | <para>In the latter case, the kernel emits the following message:</para>
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77 |
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78 | <screen><computeroutput>FAT: utf8 is not a recommended IO charset for FAT filesystems,
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79 | filesystem will be case sensitive!</computeroutput></screen>
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80 |
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81 | <para>This negative recommendation should be ignored, since all other values
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82 | of the <quote>iocharset</quote> option result in wrong display of filenames in
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83 | UTF-8 locales.</para>
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84 | </note>
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85 |
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86 | <para>It is also possible to specify default codepage and iocharset values for
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87 | some filesystems during kernel configuration. The relevant parameters
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88 | are named
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89 | <quote>Default NLS Option</quote> (<option>CONFIG_NLS_DEFAULT)</option>,
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90 | <quote>Default Remote NLS Option</quote> (<option>CONFIG_SMB_NLS_DEFAULT</option>),
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91 | <quote>Default codepage for FAT</quote> (<option>CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_CODEPAGE</option>), and
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92 | <quote>Default iocharset for FAT</quote> (<option>CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET</option>).
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93 | There is no way to specify these settings for the
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94 | ntfs filesystem at kernel compilation time.</para>
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95 | <!-- Personally, I find it more foolproof to always specify the iocharset and
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96 | codepage in /etc/fstab for MS-based filesystems - Alexander E. Patrakov -->
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97 |
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98 | </sect1>
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