Re: mount /dev/hda3 stuff

On Wed, 27 Oct 2004, mike hoy wrote:

> I can't seem to get fstab to work. What do you type
> exactly?
>
> I've tried :
>
> root@slackware:~# fstab
> -bash: fstab: command not found
> root@slackware:~# cd /etc
> root@slackware:/etc# fstab
> -bash: fstab: command not found
> root@slackware:/etc# fstab /dev/hda3
> -bash: fstab: command not found
> root@slackware:/etc# fstab --help
> -bash: fstab: command not found

> root@slackware:/# whereis fstab
> fstab: /etc/fstab /usr/include/fstab.h
> /usr/man/man5/fstab.5.gz
> /usr/share/man/man5/fstab.5.gz

The above is your answer. Why did you run "whereis"?

See it shows a file /etc/fstab for you to look at (and then modify).

And the whereis pointed you to man page(s). You could have done "man
fstab" or "man 5 fstab".

The "5" means it is a file format (and not a command).

You could also run "whatis fstab" and see it tells you it is a
file format and what it is for.

> root@slackware:/# cd /usr/include
> root@slackware:/usr/include# fstab
> -bash: fstab: command not found
> root@slackware:/usr/include# cd /
> root@slackware:/# cd usr/share/man/man5/
> root@slackware:/usr/share/man/man5# fstab
> -bash: fstab: command not found
> root@slackware:/usr/share/man/man5#

Also a google search of "fstab" would have gave you many explanations and
examples.

Jeremy C. Reed

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