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02.06.2004 at 01:10PM PST, ID: 20876174
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Added disk, modifying /etc/fstab, what is Dump and Pass#

Asked by BrentNJ in FreeBSD

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Hi,

Last step in the add disk instructions is to modify the /etc/fstab file.

I know what Device, Mountpoint, FStype, and Options are but what is Dump and Pass#?

I saw this in man fstab

dump frequency, in days
pass number on parallel fsck

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