| 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445 | <sect1 id="ch08-fstab"><title>Creating the /etc/fstab file</title><para>In order for certain programs to be able to determine where certainpartitions are supposed to be mounted by default, the /etc/fstab file isused. Create a new file <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> containing thefollowing:</para><para><screen><userinput>cat > /etc/fstab << "EOF"</userinput># Begin /etc/fstab# location of filesystem	mount point	fs-type		options/dev/*LFS-partition device*	/		*fs-type*	defaults 1 1/dev/*swap-partition device*  	swap 		swap		defaults 0 0proc 				/proc 		proc 		defaults 0 0# End /etc/fstab<userinput>EOF</userinput></screen></para><para><userinput>*LFS-partition device*</userinput>, <userinput>*swap-partition device*</userinput>and <userinput>*fs-type*</userinput> have to be replaced with the appropriate values (/dev/hda2, /dev/hda5 and reiserfs for example).</para><para>When adding a reiserfs partition, the <userinput>1 1</userinput> at the end of the line should be replaced with <userinput>0 0</userinput>.</para><para>For more information on the various fields which are in the fstabfile, see <userinput>man 5 fstab</userinput>.</para><para>There are other lines which you may consider adding to your fstabfile.  One example is the line which you must have if you are usingdevpts:</para><para><screen>devpts		/dev/pts	devpts   gid=4,mode=620  0 0</screen></para> <para>Another example is a line to use if you intend to use USBdevices:</para><para><screen>usbdevfs		/proc/bus/usb	usbdevfs defaults        0 0</screen></para><para>Both of these options will only work if you have the relevantsupport compiled into your kernel.</para></sect1>
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