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							- <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>
 
- <para>
 
- <screen>
 
- <userinput>cat > /etc/fstab << "EOF"</userinput>
 
- # Begin /etc/fstab
 
- /dev/<LFS-partition designation> / <fs-type> defaults 1 1
 
- /dev/<swap-partition designation> swap swap defaults 0 0
 
- proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
 
- # End /etc/fstab
 
- <userinput>EOF</userinput>
 
- </screen>
 
- </para>
 
- <para>
 
- <LFS-partition designation>, <swap-partition
 
- designation> and <fs-type> have to be replaced with the appropriate
 
-  values
 
- (/dev/hda2, /dev/hda5 and reiserfs for example).
 
- </para>
 
- </sect1>
 
 
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