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| author | Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2004-12-20 18:08:34 +0000 |
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| committer | Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2004-12-20 18:08:34 +0000 |
| commit | e0a04e86b21514726e2ed072700a2e99022010a6 (patch) | |
| tree | 27936a808f85294fb132587eb2b417b9ee9b04af /chapter08/fstab.xml | |
| parent | 242448316a5872eb33374716ac12408e9bf2f5ac (diff) | |
Removed text in chapter 08.
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diff --git a/chapter08/fstab.xml b/chapter08/fstab.xml index c5cc0123b..50cfd8315 100644 --- a/chapter08/fstab.xml +++ b/chapter08/fstab.xml @@ -9,11 +9,6 @@ <indexterm zone="ch-bootable-fstab"><primary sortas="e-/etc/fstab">/etc/fstab</primary></indexterm> -<para>The <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> file is used by some programs to -determine where file systems are to be mounted by default, which -must be checked and in which order. Create a new file systems table like -this:</para> - <screen><userinput>cat > /etc/fstab << "EOF" # Begin /etc/fstab @@ -28,34 +23,4 @@ shm /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 # End /etc/fstab EOF</userinput></screen> -<para>Of course, replace <replaceable>[xxx]</replaceable>, <replaceable>[yyy]</replaceable> -and <replaceable>[fff]</replaceable> with the values appropriate for your system -- -for example <filename class="partition">hda2</filename>, <filename class="partition">hda5</filename> and -<systemitem class="filesystem">reiserfs</systemitem>. For all the details on the six fields in this -table, see <command>man 5 fstab</command>.</para> - -<para>When using a reiserfs partition, the <parameter>1 1</parameter> at the -end of the line should be replaced with <parameter>0 0</parameter>, as such a -partition does not need to be dumped or checked</para> - -<para>The <filename class="directory">/dev/shm</filename> mount point for -<systemitem class="filesystem">tmpfs</systemitem> is included to -allow enabling POSIX shared memory. Your kernel must have the required support -built into it for this to work -- more about this in the next section. Please -note that currently very little software actually uses POSIX shared memory. -Therefore you can consider the <filename class="directory">/dev/shm</filename> mount point -optional. For more information, see -<filename>Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt</filename> in the kernel source -tree.</para> - -<para>There are other lines which you may consider adding to your -<filename>fstab</filename> file. One example is a line to use if you intend to -use USB devices:</para> - -<screen> usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs devgid=14,devmode=0660 0 0 </screen> - -<para>This option will of course only work if you have the -"Support for Host-side USB" and "USB device filesystem" -compiled into your kernel (not as a module).</para> - </sect1> |