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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-scripts-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-scripts-fstab"> |
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14 | <primary sortas="e-/etc/fstab">/etc/fstab</primary> |
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15 | <secondary>system config</secondary> |
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16 | </indexterm> |
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17 | |
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18 | <para os="a">The <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> file is used by some |
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19 | programs to determine where file systems are to be mounted by default, |
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20 | in which order, and which must be checked (for integrity errors) prior |
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21 | to mounting. Create a new file systems table like this:</para> |
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22 | |
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23 | <screen><userinput>cat > /etc/fstab << "EOF" |
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24 | <literal># Begin /etc/fstab |
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25 | |
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26 | # file system mount-point type options dump fsck |
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27 | # order |
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28 | |
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29 | /dev/<replaceable>[xxx]</replaceable> / <replaceable>[fff]</replaceable> defaults 1 1 |
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30 | /dev/<replaceable>[yyy]</replaceable> swap swap pri=1 0 0 |
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31 | |
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32 | # End /etc/fstab</literal> |
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33 | EOF</userinput></screen> |
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34 | |
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35 | <para os="b">Replace <replaceable>[xxx]</replaceable>, |
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36 | <replaceable>[yyy]</replaceable>, and <replaceable>[fff]</replaceable> |
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37 | with the values appropriate for the system, for example, <filename |
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38 | class="partition">hda2</filename>, <filename |
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39 | class="partition">hda5</filename>, and <systemitem |
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40 | class="filesystem">ext2</systemitem>. For details on the six |
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41 | fields in this file, see <command>man 5 fstab</command>.</para> |
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42 | |
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43 | </sect1> |
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