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We take for granted that a file-system must be mounted (for example , the root partition) in order for a Linux system to be usable upon system start-up. We need to learn how to do this manually by editing or adding an entry in the file system table ('''/etc/fstab'''). This file contains entries to mount various file systems automatically upon start-up of the Linux system.

The Linux system administrator also has the ability to manually '''mount''' (connect) and '''un-mount''' (disconnect) partitions in order to perform maintenance on the file system (for example , un-mounting the '''/home''' partition to install software and prevent users from logging in during that process).