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## Name

systemd-fstab-generator — Unit generator for /etc/fstab

## Synopsis

`/usr/lib/systemd/system-generators/systemd-fstab-generator`

## Description

`systemd-fstab-generator` is a generator that translates `/etc/fstab` (see fstab(5) for details) into native systemd units early at boot and when configuration of the system manager is reloaded. This will instantiate mount and swap units as necessary.

The `passno` field is treated like a simple boolean, and the ordering information is discarded. However, if the root file system is checked, it is checked before all the other file systems.

See systemd.mount(5) and systemd.swap(5) for more information about special `/etc/fstab` mount options this generator understands.

`systemd-fstab-generator` implements the generator specification.

## Kernel Command Line

`systemd-fstab-generator` understands the following kernel command line parameters:

`fstab=`, `rd.fstab=`

  Takes a boolean argument. Defaults to "`yes`". If "`no`", causes the generator to ignore any mounts or swaps configured in `/etc/fstab`. `rd.fstab=` is honored only by initial RAM disk (initrd) while `fstab=` is honored by both the main system and the initrd.

## See Also

systemd(1), fstab(5), systemd.mount(5), systemd.swap(5), systemd-cryptsetup-generator(8)