Wow! Am very overwhelmed by the replies! Thanks guys! :))
On Thursday 10 May 2001 11:38, David E. Fox wrote:
> /etc/fstab is a boot time file that the system uses to mount your
> partitions and /etc/mtab is a run-time file showing what's currently
> mounted. Thus, if you unmount some partition, /
hi. i know the answer to this one=)
fstab is the file which tells linux which partitions to mount, where to mount them,
and how to mount them during boot. this is where you make changes to the mounting
procedure.
mtab is what actually is mounted, how & where it is mounted. *DO NOT* edit
Sam wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I was looking through the files in /etc and realised that /etc/fstab and
> /etc/mtab have very similar contents. Could anybody enlighten me on what're
> the differences between these files, e.g. in terms of function? Thanks.
fstab lists predefined filesystems which can be mo
