* In the previous section the device name found found via the "dmesg" command. The device name found was "sdb1".

* We set the set the external drive's "label". It was set to "usbdisk".

e2label /dev/sdb1

usbdisk

Both methods of mounting will be controlled by the server's "fstab" configuration file. The fstab (a.k.a. file systems table) file is a system configuration file containing lists of available disks and disk partitions, and indicates how they are to be initialized or otherwise integrated into a system's file system. When the "mount" command is used, the fstab file is read to determine which options should be used when mounting a specified device.