From 47e039e8d717df5923e1721a4e7947dd96c509a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Malin Freeborn Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2023 00:10:28 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] add fstab docs --- system/fstab.md | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+) create mode 100644 system/fstab.md diff --git a/system/fstab.md b/system/fstab.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8a65acd --- /dev/null +++ b/system/fstab.md @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +--- +title: "fstab" +tags: [ "Documentation", "System" ] +--- +# Basics + +The ordering of `/etc/fstab` is + +1. disk +2. mount point +3. filesystem type +4. options +5. dump +6. pass + +E.g.: + +``` +UUID=877f14e8-4738-46b0-884f-ba330dad1a7d /mnt/biggie ext4 nofail,rw,relatime 0 2 + +UUID=B21648C416488AF5 /mnt/share ntfs nofail,rw,nosuid,nodev,user_id=0,group_id=0,allow_other,blksize=4096 0 0 +``` + +## 5: Dump + +Ignore this obsolete option. + +## 6: Pass + +| Number | Meaning | +| | | +| 0 | Swap (or not mounted) | +| 1 | Mount at / | +| 2 | Mount somewhere else | + +## Options + +- `nofail` means the computer will not fail to boot, even if the drive fails, or is unplugged. It's a good option for everything except `/`. +- noauto means 'don't mount on boot' (but you can still mount with `mount -a`). +