Hi, Frank,
Quote from 'man fstab':
The fifth field, (fs_freq), is used for these filesystems
by the dump(8) command to determine which filesystems need
to be dumped. If the fifth field is not present, a value
of zero is returned and dump will assume that the filesys-
tem does not need to be dumped.
The sixth field, (fs_passno), is used by the fsck(8) pro-
gram to determine the order in which filesystem checks are
done at reboot time. The root filesystem should be speci-
fied with a fs_passno of 1, and other filesystems should
have a fs_passno of 2. Filesystems within a drive will be
checked sequentially, but filesystems on different drives
will be checked at the same time to utilize parallelism
available in the hardware. If the sixth field is not pre-
sent or zero, a value of zero is returned and fsck will
assume that the filesystem does not need to be checked.
Have fun,
bogdan
On Wed, 25 Aug 1999, Merenda, Frank wrote:
>
> I have been having problems writing to my windows fat32 partition via Linux
> for a while. I changed my fstab file to the lines below, and it works
> beautifully now. Thanks!!! I have a question, though, what do the "1 0" mean
> at the end of the line? I tried to look it up but couldn't find it anywhere.
> All my other mounts have different numbers at the end. Thanks in advance!
>
> Next it's off to get my modem working... :)
>
> Thanks,
> Frank Merenda | Applications Developer - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Steve Youngs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 1999 1:05 AM
> > To: dave m mehler
> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: linux and fat32.
> >
> >
> > Hey! Did you see what dave m mehler wrote on Jul 12 ?
> >
> > dmm> Hello,
> > dmm> Can linux read fat32 partitions? I know it can
> > read/mount fat16, but I
> > dmm> was wondering about fat32?
> >
> > Yep, it sure can!
> >
> > mount -t vfat /dev/<fat32_partition> /mountpoint
> >
> > or in /etc/fstab ...
> >
> > /dev/<fat32_partition> /mountpoint vfat defaults 1 0
> >
> > Regards, Steve Youngs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ICQ: 34307457
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