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<title>Creating the /etc/fstab file</title>
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<?dbhtml filename="fstab.html" dir="chapter08"?>
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-<para>In order for certain programs to be able to determine where certain
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-partitions are supposed to be mounted by default, the /etc/fstab file is
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-used. Create a new file <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> containing the
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-following:</para>
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+<para>The <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> file is used by some programs to
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+determine where partitions are to be mounted by default, which file systems
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+must be checked and in which order. Create a new file systems table like
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+this:</para>
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<para><screen><userinput>cat > /etc/fstab << "EOF"</userinput>
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# Begin /etc/fstab
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-# filesystem mount-point fs-type options dump fsck-order
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+# filesystem mount-point fs-type options dump fsck-order
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-/dev/*LFS* / *fs-type* defaults 1 1
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-/dev/*swap* swap swap pri=1 0 0
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-proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
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-shm /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
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+/dev/xxx / fff defaults 1 1
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+/dev/yyy swap swap pri=1 0 0
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+proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
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+shm /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
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# End /etc/fstab
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<userinput>EOF</userinput></screen></para>
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-<para><userinput>*LFS*</userinput>,
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-<userinput>*swap*</userinput>
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-and <userinput>*fs-type*</userinput> have to be replaced with the
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-appropriate values (/dev/hda2, /dev/hda5 and reiserfs for example).</para>
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+<para>Of course, replace <filename>xxx</filename>, <filename>yyy</filename>
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+and <filename>fff</filename> with the values appropriate for your system --
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+for example <filename>hda2</filename>, <filename>hda5</filename> and
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+<filename>reiserfs</filename>. For all the details on the six fields in this
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+table, see <userinput>man 5 fstab</userinput>.</para>
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-<para>When adding a reiserfs partition, the <userinput>1 1</userinput> at
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-the end of the line should be replaced with <userinput>0 0</userinput>.</para>
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+<para>When using a reiserfs partition, the <emphasis>1 1</emphasis> at the
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+end of the line should be replaced with <emphasis>0 0</emphasis>, as such a
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+partition does not need to be dumped or checked</para>
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-<para>A tmpfs mount is added at /dev/shm to comply with Posix shared memory
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-requirements. For more information, see the file
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-Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt in the kernel source tree.</para>
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+<para>The <filename>/dev/shm</filename> mount point for tmpfs is included to
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+comply with Posix shared memory requirements. For more information on this,
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+see <filename>Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt</filename> in the kernel
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+source tree.</para>
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-<para>For more information on the various fields which are in the fstab
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-file, see <userinput>man 5 fstab</userinput>.</para>
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+<para>There are other lines which you may consider adding to your
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+<filename>fstab</filename> file. One example is the line which you must have
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+if you are using devpts:</para>
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-<para>There are other lines which you may consider adding to your fstab
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-file. One example is the line which you must have if you are using
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-devpts:</para>
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-
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-<para><screen>devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=4,mode=620 0 0</screen></para>
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+<para><screen>devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=4,mode=620 0 0</screen></para>
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<para>Another example is a line to use if you intend to use USB
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devices:</para>
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-<para><screen>usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs defaults 0 0</screen></para>
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+<para><screen>usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs defaults 0 0</screen></para>
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-<para>Both of these options will only work if you have the relevant
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+<para>Both of these options will of course only work if you have the relevant
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support compiled into your kernel.</para>
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</sect1>
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Alex Gronenwoud