How can I execute fstab?

miros84 · 09-07-2009, 11:45 AM

Hello
I am doing some experiments with fstab. And to see if ti works, I restart the computer. Can I execute fstab, so I can see if fstab mount all I program in it?

catkin · 09-07-2009, 12:04 PM

/etc/fstab is a configuration file so cannot be executed. You can use the df command to see if all the file systems listed in fstab have been mounted; the ones for removable media will not be listed unless removable media (USB devices, CD and DVDs ...) have been loaded. You can use mount with the -a option to try to mount any file systems listed in fstab and not mounted (or subsequently unmounted with the umount command).

the trooper · 09-07-2009, 12:05 PM

Instead of rebooting try as root:

Code:

mount -a

To mount partitions listed in fstab.

Edit:Too slow again!!.

just-a-guest · 08-06-2014, 06:27 AM

I know that this thread is old, but I think it would also be useful for any, who got here from Google.
For some reasons the command mount -a doesn't work for all things that is in fstab. I just changed swap partition, and wanted to see, is the syntax right -- alas the mount doesn't did a trick. The swapon does; as I found in it's help message the

Code:

swapon -a

enables all swaps from the fstab file.