The /etc/fstab file is used by some
programs to determine where file systems are to be mounted by
default, in which order, and which must be checked (for integrity
errors) prior to mounting. Create a new file systems table like this:
cat > /etc/fstab << "EOF"
# Begin /etc/fstab
# file system mount-point type options dump fsck
# order
/dev/[xxx] / [fff] defaults 1 1
/dev/[yyy] swap swap pri=1 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
shm /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
# End /etc/fstab
EOF
Replace [xxx], [yyy], and [fff] with the values appropriate for
the system, for example, sda2,
sda5, and ext2. For details on the six fields in this file,
see man 5 fstab.