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 two or three dev-
ices that MINIX 3 needs to operate: The device names of the
root file system, the swap file system (optional), 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 swap, indicating a V1 or a V2 file sys-
tem, or swap space.
options
Either ro, or rw, indicating a read-only or read-write
mounted file system.
FILES
/etc/fstab Shell script naming three important file sys-
tems.
/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)