02-11-2010
I will assume a solaris OS.
if you are not using solaris then my answer may be very wrong...
/etc/vfstab is used to describe the file system you expect to use.
in this file you list the mount point and device of each file system.
you also have options for logging,fsck, mount order and auto mount.
if your file system is marked as auto mount then it will all mount at boot time.
/etc/mounttab is a list of what is mounted right now.
this is NOT a file you should be touching.
the OS will keep a list of what is mounted and on which device.
if you tinker with /etc/mounttab then bad things will happen, likely needing a re-boot to fix.
if you have all the file system in /etc/vfstab mounted then /etc/mounttab will look much like /etc/vfstab
hope this helps.
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