lfs-book/chapter08/fstab.xml

<sect1 id="ch07-fstab">
<title>Creating the /etc/fstab file</title>

<para>
In order for certain programs to be able to determine where certain
partitions are supposed to be mounted by default, the /etc/fstab file is
used. A new file <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> is created containing the
following:
</para>

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

/dev/&lt;LFS-partition designation&gt; / &lt;fs-type&gt; defaults 1 1
/dev/&lt;swap-partition designation&gt; swap swap defaults 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0

# End /etc/fstab
<userinput>EOF</userinput>
</literallayout>

<para>
&lt;LFS-partition designation&gt;, &lt;swap-partition
designation&gt; and &lt;fs-type&gt; have to be replaced with the appropriate
 values
(/dev/hda2, /dev/hda5 and reiserfs for example).
</para>

</sect1>