... Mounting File Systems from the fstab File When you first install Linux, the /etc/fstab file is usually set up automatically to contain information about your root file systems and other file systems. ... /etc/fstab file. Remote file systems (NFS, Samba, and others) can also contain entries in the /etc/fstab file to automatically mount those file systems at boot time or later by hand. Mounting File Systems ... Administering File Systems File systems provide the structures in which files, directories, devices, and other elements of the system are accessed from Linux. Linux supports many different types of file systems...