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| author | Simon Perreault <nomis80@videotron.ca> | 2001-05-03 23:05:29 +0000 |
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| committer | Simon Perreault <nomis80@videotron.ca> | 2001-05-03 23:05:29 +0000 |
| commit | 142c5980ca79d47974f5cf4440d0a4eeea378809 (patch) | |
| tree | fc3927c399922adfded1e893ea3f711052cdd72b /chapter08/fstab.xml | |
| parent | c07ddf697ea7c1725ce2f6b0025cf83c9c58db88 (diff) | |
Moved the creation of /etc/fstab from the end of chapter 7 to the beginning of
chapter 8. It fits better there, and it has been on my TODO for a long time.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@563 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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diff --git a/chapter08/fstab.xml b/chapter08/fstab.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..d896e5f77 --- /dev/null +++ b/chapter08/fstab.xml @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +<sect1 id="ch07-fstab"> +<title>Creating the /etc/fstab file</title> + +<para> +In order for certain programs to be able to determine where certain +partitions are supposed to be mounted by default, the /etc/fstab file is +used. A new file <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> is created containing the +following: +</para> + +<literallayout> +<userinput>cat > /etc/fstab << "EOF"</userinput> +# Begin /etc/fstab + +/dev/<LFS-partition designation> / <fs-type> defaults 1 1 +/dev/<swap-partition designation> swap swap defaults 0 0 +proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 + +# End /etc/fstab +<userinput>EOF</userinput> +</literallayout> + +<para> +<LFS-partition designation>, <swap-partition +designation> and <fs-type> have to be replaced with the appropriate + values +(/dev/hda2, /dev/hda5 and reiserfs for example). +</para> + +</sect1> + |