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authorwosch <wosch@FreeBSD.org>1996-07-03 22:30:53 +0000
committerwosch <wosch@FreeBSD.org>1996-07-03 22:30:53 +0000
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little manual extension
Submitted by: jhs & wosch
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diff --git a/share/man/man5/fstab.5 b/share/man/man5/fstab.5
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--- a/share/man/man5/fstab.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/fstab.5
@@ -81,20 +81,36 @@ For swap partitions, this field should be specified as ``none''.
The third field,
.Pq Fa fs_vfstype ,
describes the type of the filesystem.
-The system currently supports four types of filesystems:
+The system can support various filesystem types.
+Only the root, /usr, and /tmp filesystems need be statically
+compiled into the kernel;
+everything else will be automatically loaded at mount
+time. (Exception: the UFS family - FFS, MFS, and LFS cannot
+currently be demand-loaded.) Some people still prefer to statically
+compile other filesystems as well.
+
.Bl -tag -width indent -offset indent
.It Em ufs
a local
.Tn UNIX
filesystem
.It Em mfs
-a local memory-based
+a local memory-based
.Tn UNIX
filesystem
.It Em nfs
a Sun Microsystems compatible ``Network File System''
.It Em swap
a disk partition to be used for swapping
+.It Em pcfs
+a DOS compatible filesystem
+.It Em isofs
+a CD-ROM filesystem (as per ISO 9660)
+.\" maybe also say Rock Ridge extensions are handled ?
+.It Em procfs
+a file system for accessing process data
+.It Em kernfs
+a file system for accessing kernel parameter
.El
.Pp
The fourth field,
@@ -221,7 +237,15 @@ resides in
.Pa /etc .
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
-.Xr getfsent 3
+.Xr getfsent 3 ,
+.Xr getvfsbyname 3 ,
+.Xr dump 8 ,
+.Xr fsck 8 ,
+.Xr mount 8 ,
+.Xr quotacheck 8 ,
+.Xr quotaon 8 ,
+.Xr swapon 8 ,
+.Xr umount 8 .
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
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