source: BOOK/bootable/common/fstab.xml@ fba960c1

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<sect1 id="ch-bootable-fstab">
  <?dbhtml filename="fstab.html"?>

  <title>Creating the /etc/fstab File</title>

  <indexterm zone="ch-bootable-fstab">
    <primary sortas="e-/etc/fstab">/etc/fstab</primary>
    <secondary>bootable</secondary>
  </indexterm>

  <para os="a">The <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> file is used by some
  programs to determine where file systems are to be mounted by default,
  in which order, and which must be checked (for integrity errors) prior
  to mounting. Create a new file systems table like this:</para>

<screen><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/fstab &lt;&lt; "EOF"
<literal># Begin /etc/fstab

# file system  mount-point  type   options          dump  fsck
#                                                         order

/dev/<replaceable>[xxx]</replaceable>     /            <replaceable>[fff]</replaceable>  defaults         1     1
/dev/<replaceable>[yyy]</replaceable>     swap         swap   pri=1            0     0

# End /etc/fstab</literal>
EOF</userinput></screen>

  <para os="b">Replace <replaceable>[xxx]</replaceable>,
  <replaceable>[yyy]</replaceable>, and <replaceable>[fff]</replaceable>
  with the values appropriate for the system, for example, <filename
  class="partition">hda2</filename>, <filename
  class="partition">hda5</filename>, and <systemitem
  class="filesystem">ext2</systemitem>. For details on the six
  fields in this file, see <command>man 5 fstab</command>.</para>

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