definative fstab thread

[donkey42]

ok, this will be the first post of many explaing how stuff in Linux / Unix works

well if i had to pick just one file (ignoring all Kernel stuff) that is most important to a working *nix (all varieties of Linux & Unix) then i would choose the fstab file, because it handles were each filesystem (FS) is and its type and mount options (will become clear later)

the fstab is usually located in

/etc/fstab

it i separated by each FS using a different line

UUID=4abbe49c-9a7a-4ff4-b3d9-ab7df215c50a / ext4 defaults 1 1
UUID=22d10c9f-f3e5-4859-b008-b576d29f76ae /boot ext4 defaults 1 2
UUID=cac71e68-81be-4f9a-be5c-7ff0f6ccc6e5 /home ext4 defaults 1 2
UUID=26da8426-6679-4518-bc2f-0caf3db77334 swap swap defaults 0 0
#
/proc /proc defaults 0 0
/dev/sda1 /mnt/usb defaults,user
#
/dev/sbd1 /reserv ntfs,noexec 0 2
/dev/sbd2 /mnt/w7 ntfs,noexec 0 2
/dev/sdb3 /mnt/joint ntfs,noexec 0 2
/dev/sdb4 extended
/dev/sdb5 /mnt/stuff ntfs,noexec 0 2
#
#/dev/sbd1
#/dev/sbd2 /boot ext4 defaults 0 2
#/dev/sbd3 / ext4 defaults 0 1
#/dev/sbd4 swap swap
#/dev/sbd5 extended
#/dev/sbd6 /home ext4 defaults 0 2
#
/dev/sr0 /mnt/dvd auto,ro,user 0 0

now as you can see each FS / Partition uses a separate line to define a FS
the first column contains the device location and the second contains the mount point (location were the FS will be when a system has booted

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