source: BOOK/boot/common/fstab.xml@ 2a7925b

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<sect1 id="ch-boot-fstab">
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  <title>Creating the /etc/fstab File</title>

  <indexterm zone="ch-boot-fstab">
    <primary sortas="e-/etc/fstab">/etc/fstab</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <para os="a">The <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> file is used by some
  programs to determine where file systems are to be mounted by default,
  which must be checked, and in which order. Create a new file systems
  table like this:</para>

<screen><userinput>cat &gt; ${CLFS}/etc/fstab &lt;&lt; "EOF"
<literal># Begin /etc/fstab

# file system  mount-point  type   options          dump  fsck
#                                                         order

/dev/<replaceable>[xxx]</replaceable>     /            <replaceable>[fff]</replaceable>  defaults         1     1
/dev/<replaceable>[yyy]</replaceable>     swap         swap   pri=1            0     0
proc           /proc        proc   defaults         0     0
sysfs          /sys         sysfs  defaults         0     0
devpts         /dev/pts     devpts gid=4,mode=620   0     0
shm            /dev/shm     tmpfs  defaults         0     0
# End /etc/fstab</literal>
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