Here is the fstab file on my machine:
label=//ext3 Defaults 1 1
Label=/boot1/boot ext3 Defaults 1 2
TMPFS/DEV/SHM TMPFS Defaults 0 0
Devpts/dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
Sysfs/sys Sysfs Defaults 0 0
PROC/PROC proc Defaults 0 0
LABEL=SWAP-SDA11 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/sda6/mnt/wine VFAT Defaults 0 0
/dev/sda8/mnt/wing NTFS defaults 0 0
You can see that this file has six columns, as explained in the last column below, assuming you are familiar with the Mount command:
1. The 1th column is the file system or storage device that needs to be mounted, here is the G-Disk on my Windows, partition is/DEV/SDA8.
2. The 2nd column is the mount point, which I chose for/mnt/wing.
3. The 3rd column specifies the type of file system or partition, and my G disk is of type NTFS, which is expressed as NTFS under Linux.
File types:
Linux file Systems:ext2, ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, Reiser4, XFS, swap.
Windows:
VFAT = fat, Fat 16
ntfs= NTFS
Note:for NTFS RW ntfs-3g
cd/dvd/iso:iso9660
Network File Systems:
Nfs:server:/shared_directory/mnt/nfs NFS 0 0
SMB://win_box/shared_folder/mnt/samba smbfs rw,credentials=/home/user_name/winbox-credentials.txt 0 0
Auto:the file system type (ext3, iso9660, etc) it detected automatically. Usually works. Used for removable devices (CD/DVD, floppy drives, or Usb/flash drives) as the file system may vary on these devices.
4.4th Column Mount option, refer to man mount for details. Some common options are listed below:
Auto: The system mounts automatically, Fstab is this option by default
Ro:read-only
Rw:read-write
DEFAULTS:RW, suid, Dev, exec, auto, Nouser, and async.
5.5th column Dump option, set whether to let Backup program dump backup file system, 0 is ignored, 1 is backup.
6. The 6th column of the FSCK option tells the FSCK program to check the file system in what order, 0 is ignored.
Configuration and understanding of fstab files in Linux
