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22 <refentry id="systemd-fstab-generator">
23
24 <refentryinfo>
25 <title>systemd-fstab-generator</title>
26 <productname>systemd</productname>
27
28 <authorgroup>
29 <author>
30 <contrib>Developer</contrib>
31 <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
32 <surname>Poettering</surname>
33 <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
34 </author>
35 </authorgroup>
36 </refentryinfo>
37
38 <refmeta>
39 <refentrytitle>systemd-fstab-generator</refentrytitle>
40 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
41 </refmeta>
42
43 <refnamediv>
44 <refname>systemd-fstab-generator</refname>
45 <refpurpose>Unit generator for /etc/fstab</refpurpose>
46 </refnamediv>
47
48 <refsynopsisdiv>
49 <para><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/system-generators/systemd-fstab-generator</filename></para>
50 </refsynopsisdiv>
51
52 <refsect1>
53 <title>Description</title>
54
55 <para><filename>systemd-fstab-generator</filename> is
56 a generator that translates
57 <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> (see
58 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>fstab</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
59 for details) into native systemd units early at boot
60 and when configuration of the system manager is
61 reloaded. This will instantiate mount and swap units
62 as necessary.</para>
63
64 <para>The <varname>passno</varname> field
65 is treated like a simple boolean, and the ordering information
66 is discarded. However, the root filesystem is checked
67 before all the other filesystems.</para>
68
69 <para>See
70 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.mount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
71 and
72 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.swap</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
73 for more information about special
74 <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> mount options this
75 generator understands.</para>
76
77 <para><filename>systemd-fstab-generator</filename>
78 implements the <ulink
79 url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/Generators">generator
80 specification</ulink>.</para>
81 </refsect1>
82
83 <refsect1>
84 <title>Kernel Command Line</title>
85
86 <para><filename>systemd-fstab-generator</filename> understands
87 the following kernel command line parameters:</para>
88
89 <variablelist class='kernel-commandline-options'>
90
91 <varlistentry>
92 <term><varname>fstab=</varname></term>
93 <term><varname>rd.fstab=</varname></term>
94
95 <listitem><para>Takes a boolean
96 argument. Defaults to
97 <literal>yes</literal>. If
98 <literal>no</literal>, causes the
99 generator to ignore any mounts or swaps
100 configured in
101 <filename>/etc/fstab</filename>. <varname>rd.fstab=</varname>
102 is honored only by initial RAM disk
103 (initrd) while
104 <varname>fstab=</varname> is
105 honored by both the main system and
106 the initrd. </para></listitem>
107 </varlistentry>
108
109 </variablelist>
110 </refsect1>
111
112 <refsect1>
113 <title>See Also</title>
114 <para>
115 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
116 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>fstab</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
117 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.mount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
118 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.swap</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
119 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-cryptsetup-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
120 </para>
121 </refsect1>
122
123 </refentry>