| 1 | <sect1 id="ch08-fstab">
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| 2 | <title>Creating the /etc/fstab file</title>
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| 3 |
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| 4 | <para>In order for certain programs to be able to determine where certain
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| 5 | partitions are supposed to be mounted by default, the /etc/fstab file is
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| 6 | used. A new file <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> is created containing the
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| 7 | following:</para>
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| 8 |
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| 9 | <para><screen><userinput>cat > /etc/fstab << "EOF"</userinput>
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| 10 | # Begin /etc/fstab
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| 11 |
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| 12 | # location of filesystem mount point fs-type options
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| 13 |
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| 14 | /dev/*LFS-partition device* / *fs-type* defaults 1 1
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| 15 | /dev/*swap-partition device* swap swap defaults 0 0
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| 16 | proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
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| 17 |
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| 18 | # End /etc/fstab
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| 19 | <userinput>EOF</userinput></screen></para>
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| 20 |
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| 21 | <para><userinput>*LFS-partition device*</userinput>,
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| 22 | <userinput>*swap-partition device*</userinput>
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| 23 | and <userinput>*fs-type*</userinput> have to be replaced with the
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| 24 | appropriate values (/dev/hda2, /dev/hda5 and reiserfs for example).</para>
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| 25 |
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| 26 | <para>When adding a reiserfs partition, the <userinput>1 1</userinput> at
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| 27 | the end of the line should be replaced with <userinput>0 0</userinput>.</para>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <para>For more information on the various fields which are in the fstab
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| 30 | file, see <userinput>man 5 fstab</userinput>.</para>
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| 31 |
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| 32 | <para>There are other lines which you may consider adding to your fstab
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| 33 | file. One example is the line which you must have if you are using
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| 34 | devpts, note that you must also create the /dev/pts directory for this
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| 35 | to work:</para>
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| 36 | <para><screen>none /dev/pts devpts gid=4,mode=620 0 0</screen></para>
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| 37 |
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| 38 | <para>Another example is a line to use if you intend to use USB
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| 39 | devices. This time, you don't create the directory as it's part of the
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| 40 | proc virtual filesystem:</para>
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| 41 | <para><screen>none /proc/bus/usb usbdevfs defaults 0 0</screen></para>
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| 42 |
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| 43 | <para>Both of these options will only work if you have the relevant
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| 44 | support compiled into your kernel.</para>
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| 45 |
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| 46 | </sect1>
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| 47 |
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