fstab
Introduction
The configuration file /etc/fstab contains the necessary information to mount the disk. This file comes read at the start of the system and can be modified only by [:SudoRoot:root] user.
Content of file
It is possible to visualize this file with the followed command:
cat /etc/fstab
The result of the previous commando will be similar to following:
# /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 # /dev/hda1 UUID=12102C02102CEB83 /media/windows ntfs silent,umask=0,locale=it_IT.utf8 0 0 # /dev/hda2 UUID=cee15eca-5b2e-48ad-9735-eae5ac14bc90 none swap sw 0 0 # /dev/hda3 UUID=98E0-6D24 /media/dati vfat defaults,utf8,umask=007,uid=0,gid=46,auto,rw,nouser 0 0 # /dev/hda4 UUID=0aa86c61-0df9-4f1a-8b0b-34abbee6b769 / ext3 nouser,defaults,errors=remount-ro,atime,auto,rw,dev,exec,suid 0 0 /dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,atime,noauto,rw,dev,exec,suid 0 0
Every no-commented line is composed by six fields:
fields |
description |
file system |
it indicates the devices that containing a file system |
mount point |
it indicates the directory (or mount point) from which it will be possible to approach the content of the device (for the swap is not demanded the mount point) |
type |
type of file system |
options |
options of access to the device (command mount) |
dump |
turn ON/OFF the backup of file system (the command dump). This option is obsolete. |
pass |
turn ON/OFF the control of coherence of the disc (the command fsck) |
Other resources
[:UsingUUID:UUID]