"Stephen S. Ashley" wrote:
What is the purpose of the /etc/mtab file?
What is the syntax for the entries in this file (especially the two concluding digits)?
Stephen, The mount table is constructed following the mounting of filesystems during initialization. /etc/mtab is generated at boot. The file to edit to effect these changes is /etc/fstab. The fields correspond to those seen in /etc/mtab. They are: 1 - the block special device or remote filesystem to be mounted (fs_spec) 2 - the mount point for the filesystem. For swap the mount point is given as swap (note: no preceeding slash). For the /proc psuedo-filesystem, the block device is given as none and its mount point is /proc. (fs_file) 3 - This filed is the filesystem type (fs_vfstype) 4 - these are the mount options; the list of options is formated as a comma-separated list (fs_mntops) 5 - this field is name fs_freq and is used by the dump command to determine which filesystems require dumping (fs_freq) 6 - this filed is the fs_passno, it specifies the order which file systems are checked at boot. / (the root filesystem) should have a value of 1 for this field and other filesystems a value of 2. A value of <null> in this field is considered to be a zero and that carries the implication that the filesystem does not require checking. (fs_passno) regards, Stu - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e