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Old 11-02-2004, 06:59 PM   #1
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What is fstab?


I wanted to link my computer to a file server all the time even after a reboot and I think I have to do some configuration in fstab.

What is fstab?
 
Old 11-02-2004, 07:23 PM   #2
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filesystem table...........look in /etc
it is a text file

Code:
man fstab
http://man.linuxquestions.org/index....ction=0&type=2

Last edited by 320mb; 11-02-2004 at 07:24 PM.
 
Old 11-02-2004, 07:25 PM   #3
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you could put in fstab

shared.ip.adress:/shared.directory /mount.directory nfs rw,hard,intr 0 0

im not sure what the options do, but they are whats put in my fstab


(though put your own ip and directories in)


Last edited by {O_o}; 11-02-2004 at 07:34 PM.
 
  


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