Re: [newbie] fstab digits 0 1 2
On Sunday 14 Dec 2003 7:48 pm, Johan wrote: Hi, Please inform me what the last two digits mean in an fstab entry. I have read it somewhere through the years and don't seem to be able to find it again. Thanks man fstab look for the fifth and sixth fields. In short, the fifth field indicates if the filesystem is to be backed up by the dump command. The sixth dictates the order it is to be checked by fsck. The root should be 1, all others 2, except those that don't need to be checked, which should be 0. -- Richard Urwin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] fstab digits 0 1 2
On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 21:48:46 +0200 Johan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Please inform me what the last two digits mean in an fstab entry. I have read it somewhere through the years and don't seem to be able to find it again. Thanks from tuxfiles.org: The 5th column in /etc/fstab is the dump option. Dump checks it and uses the number to decide if a filesystem should be backed up. If it's zero, dump will ignore that filesystem. If you take a look at the example fstab, you'll notice that the 5th column is zero in most cases. The 6th column is a fsck option. fsck looks at the number in the 6th column to determine in which order the filesystems should be checked. If it's zero, fsck won't check the filesystem. HTH -- _||_ Registered linux user #300600 (o_ Registered linux machine # 185855 //\at V_/_ http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
