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FSTAB(5)                      File Formats Manual                     FSTAB(5)

NAME
       fstab, mtab - list of file systems to mount, mounted file system table.

SYNOPSIS
       /etc/fstab

       /etc/mtab

DESCRIPTION
       /etc/fstab  is  a table of file system to mount at boot time, /etc/mtab
       is a table of currently mounted file systems as maintained by mount and
       umount.

       /etc/fstab  is  not  read  by  mount  as it should be.  It is instead a
       simple shell script listing the three devices that  MINIX  3  needs  to
       operate:  the device names of the root file system, the file system for
       /home, and the file system for /usr.

       /etc/mtab contains lines of four fields.  The layout is:

              device    directory    type    options

       These fields may be explained as follows:

       device
              A block special device.

       directory
              Mount point.

       type
              Either 1, 2, or 3, indicating a V1, a V2, or a V3 file system.

       options
              Either ro, or rw, indicating a read-only or  read-write  mounted
              file system.

FILES
       /etc/fstab     Shell script naming three important file systems.

       /etc/mtab      List of mounted file systems.

SEE ALSO
       printroot(8), mount(1), fsck(1), mkfs(1).

BUGS
       /etc/fstab is a joke.

AUTHOR
       Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)

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