Esempio di fstab
#<file system><mount point><type><options><dump><pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hda1 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
/dev/hda9 /home ext3 defaults 0 2
/dev/hda8 /tmp ext3 defaults 0 2
/dev/hda5 /usr ext3 defaults 0 2
/dev/hda6 /var ext3 defaults 0 2
/dev/hda7 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/hdd /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0
/dev/hdb1 /home/shared ntfs defaults,ro,umask=000 0 0
/dev/hdb5 /mnt/share vfat auto,users,umask=000 0 0
/dev/hdb5 /mnt/share vfat auto,rw,defaults,users,umask=000 0 0