October 2000
Intermediate to advanced
1152 pages
26h 41m
English
There are several ways of changing the entries in the /etc/fstab file. The first is to edit the file manually using your favorite editor. This assumes that you are a flawless typist and know all of the different options. Of course, knowing how to edit the file by hand means you do not have to have the X Window System running. I will also discuss how to administer filesystems with the fsconf utility (/sbin/fsconf) and linuxconf (/sbin/linuxconf). These utilities can be run in several ways; they both have a GUI interface, a text mode, and a curses-based interface.
The filesystem table /etc/fstab is just a text file; it is designed to have a specific format that is readable by humans and not just ...
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