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47 lines
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<sect1 id="ch08-fstab">
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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><screen><userinput>cat > /etc/fstab << "EOF"</userinput>
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# Begin /etc/fstab
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# location of filesystem mount point fs-type options
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/dev/*LFS-partition device* / *fs-type* defaults 1 1
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/dev/*swap-partition device* swap swap defaults 0 0
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proc /proc proc 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-partition device*</userinput>,
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<userinput>*swap-partition device*</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>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>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 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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<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>usbdevfs /proc/bus/usb usbdevfs 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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support compiled into your kernel.</para>
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</sect1>
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