Re: [aclug-L] Funny problem with /etc/fstab

[Jeff <schaller@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 3 Apr 1999, phrostie wrote:

> as long as you brought it up.
> 
> what do the 0, 1, and 2 mean anyway.

The 5th field tells dump(8) whether or not that filesystem needs
to be dumped.

The 6th field tells fsck what order the filesystems should be checked at
reboot.  Your / partition should be 1, and any others 0 or >2

Both these fields can be absent, in which case 0 will be assumed for them.

-jeff "quoting from 'man fstab'" :)
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