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Sindi Keesan wrote:
>
> I thought /fstab was just if you wanted it mounted 
> permanently (every time you boot linux).  

That is one way of using it.  You can also use it to
pre-define certain mounts (using the noauto parameter) 
without actually mounting them at startup.  That's 
what BL3 does with /fd

> I use aliases, for instance A - mount /dev/fd0 /fd.

Yes, aliases are useful for all kinds of stuff.

Cheers,
Steven