Reload fstab (/etc/fstab)

If you make a new entry in fstab it will not auto-mount. Therefore you must reload / refresh the entries. A reboot will do this but that is not a friendly way to do it. A quick way to reload new entries in /etc/fstab (fstab) is to use the mount command:

mount -a


Mount -a

2 Comments so far »

  1. loki said

    August 8 2008 @ 2:23 pm

    simple, but useful tip, thank you !

  2. Auto Mounting NFS Shares in /etc/fstab | Chris Schuld's Blog said

    November 11 2008 @ 9:27 pm

    [...] When you are done, you can quickly refresh the fstab using the mount command [...]

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