%general-entities; ]> Creating the /etc/fstab File /etc/fstab The /etc/fstab file is used by some programs to determine where file systems are to be mounted by default, which must be checked, and in which order. Create a new file systems table like this: cat > ${CLFS}/etc/fstab << "EOF" # Begin /etc/fstab # file system mount-point type options dump fsck # order /dev/[xxx] / [fff] defaults 1 1 /dev/[yyy] swap swap pri=1 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=&gid-tty;,mode=620 0 0 shm /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 # End /etc/fstab EOF