Re: fs_passno (was Re: GRUB problem)

[cr <cr@orcon.net.nz>]

On Friday 27 June 2003 08:44, Vineet Kumar wrote:
> * cr (cr@orcon.net.nz) [030626 12:52]:
> > # /etc/fstab: static file system information.
> > #
> > # <file system>	<mount point>	<type>	<options>		<dump>	<pass>
> > /dev/hda1       /boot           ext2    errors=remount-ro       0       0
> > /dev/hda5	/		ext2	errors=remount-ro	0	1
> > /dev/hda6	none		swap	sw			0	0
> > /dev/hdd5       /cr2            ext2    defaults                0       0
> > /dev/hdd6       /cr4            ext2    defaults                0       0
> > /dev/hdc2       /cr3            ext2    defaults                0       0
> > /dev/hdc1       /mnt/DosC       msdos   defaults                0       0
> > /dev/hdd1       /mnt/dosD       msdos   defaults                0       0
> > proc		/proc		proc	defaults		0	0
> > /dev/fd0	/floppy		auto	user,noauto		0	0
> > /dev/cdrom	/cdrom		iso9660	ro,user,noauto		0	0
> >
> > I actually inserted the line for /boot before the line for / , so it had
> > to have a newline character.    I'm not sure what the significance of the
> > dump & pass numbers is  (I just copied the 0 0 of all the drives except /
> > )
>
> Those numbers are described in fstab(5).  The short of it is that all of
> your filesystems except / should have "0 2" and / should have "0 1".
> Well, when I say "all" of them, I really mean the ones that are
> regularly mounted as part of your linux system.  In your case, that
> would mean /boot, /cr2, /cr3, /cr4.  All of your disk-based (not
> /proc, not tmpfs) filesystems.
>
> good times,
> Vineet

Thanks.   I just amended /etc/fstab as suggested.

cr