To mount a file system permanently on a solaris system in such a way that it sustains a reboot is by adding the file system to a particular file that is read by the system after a reboot/startup . The file associated with permanent mounting is /etc/vfstab. There are 7 fileds in /etc/vfstab. 1. Device to mount : Here we need to specify the full path of the block special device to mount. for eg: /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s5 2. Device to Fsck : In this field we need to specify the raw device name. for eg: /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s5 3. Mount Point : Here we need to specify the mount point created for the device. 4. FS Type : Here we need to specify the file system type.If it is unix file system then ufs or zfs. If it is network file system then nfs. If you are using veritas volume manager then Vxfs. 5. Fsck Check : This filed ch...
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