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authorMark Hymers <markh@linuxfromscratch.org>2001-08-08 21:19:15 +0000
committerMark Hymers <markh@linuxfromscratch.org>2001-08-08 21:19:15 +0000
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new fstab example
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diff --git a/chapter08/fstab.xml b/chapter08/fstab.xml
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--- a/chapter08/fstab.xml
+++ b/chapter08/fstab.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<sect1 id="ch07-fstab">
+<sect1 id="ch08-fstab">
<title>Creating the /etc/fstab file</title>
<para>In order for certain programs to be able to determine where certain
@@ -9,17 +9,25 @@ following:</para>
<para><screen><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/fstab &lt;&lt; "EOF"</userinput>
# Begin /etc/fstab
-/dev/&lt;LFS-partition designation&gt; / &lt;fs-type&gt; defaults 1 1
-/dev/&lt;swap-partition designation&gt; swap swap defaults 0 0
-proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
+# location of filesystem mount point fs-type options
+
+/dev/*LFS-partition device* / *fs-type* defaults 1 1
+/dev/*swap-partition device* swap swap defaults 0 0
+proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# End /etc/fstab
<userinput>EOF</userinput></screen></para>
-<para>&lt;LFS-partition designation&gt;, &lt;swap-partition
-designation&gt; and &lt;fs-type&gt; have to be replaced with the appropriate
- values
-(/dev/hda2, /dev/hda5 and reiserfs for example).</para>
+<para><userinput>*LFS-partition device*</userinput>,
+<userinput>*swap-partition device*</userinput>
+and <userinput>*fs-type*</userinput> have to be replaced with the
+appropriate values (/dev/hda2, /dev/hda5 and reiserfs for example).</para>
+
+<para>When adding a reiserfs partition, the <userinput>1 1</userinput> at
+the end of the line should be replaced with <userinput>0 0</userinput>.</para>
+
+<para>For more information on the various fields which are in the fstab
+file, see <userinput>man 5 fstab</userinput>.</para>
</sect1>