Explain: File System Types in FSTAB
I think this entry will wrap up my look at the /etc/fstab file. In totally the wrong order, I’ve already talked about the mount options and this entry will talk about the possible values of the type column. The type column refers to file system type and can have the following possible values:
- ext2 - this is the standard Linux file system
- msdos - the old 8.3 MSDOS file system. Useful for old floppies and such
- vfat - essentially the old MSDOS file system with long filename support. Useful when you want to mount Windows partitions and preserve the long file names
- iso9660 - the CDROM format
- nfs - a remote server
- swap - Linux swap partition
- proc - not really a file system at all. The /proc directory contains virtual files that provide information about the kernel
Now that we understand the FSTAB file, we’ll talk about mounting and unmounting file file systems.
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