Manu wrote:

> I have a question concerning my mtab

> I see the following line :

> proc /proc proc rw 0 0
> sysfs /sys sysfs rw 0 0

These  are virtual filesystems that provide a simple way to get info from
the kernel using user-space tools. sysfs is new in 2.6-series kernels.

> devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,gid=5,mode=620 0 0

These provide pseudo-terminals.

> tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs rw 0 0

This is used for shared memory. You can control the size of this by
editing /etc/default/tmpfs.

> usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs rw 0 0

This is a virtual filesystem for providing information on currently attached
usb devices.

> /dev /.dev unknown rw,bind 0 0
> none /dev tmpfs rw,size=5M,mode=0755 0 0

These are from udev.

> is it needed? 

The tmpfs entry isn't needed (most programs don't use this shared memory),
but you might as well leave it alone. The others are needed.

> any documentation somewhere maybe?

See the man pages for 'proc', 'pts', and 'udev' - the others don't seem to
have man pages. A Google search would likely turn up some info as well.

Adam


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