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
loki said
August 8 2008 @ 2:23 pm
simple, but useful tip, thank you !
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 [...]