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@@ -76,9 +76,11 @@ For NFS mounts one will have <host>:<dir>, e.g., `knuth.aeb.nl:/'.
For procfs, use `proc'.
.LP
Instead of giving the device explicitly, one may indicate
-the (ext2) filesystem that is to be mounted by its UUID or
+the (ext2 or XFS) filesystem that is to be mounted by its UUID or
volume label (cf.
-.BR e2label (8)),
+.BR e2label (8)
+or
+.BR xfs_admin (8)),
writing LABEL=<label> or UUID=<uuid>,
e.g., `LABEL=Boot' or `UUID=3e6be9de\%-8139\%-11d1\%-9106\%-a43f08d823a6'.
This will make the system more robust: adding or removing a SCSI disk
@@ -113,6 +115,10 @@ features.
a local filesystem with longer filenames, larger inodes, and lots of other
features.
.TP
+.I xfs
+a local filesystem with journaling, scalability and lots of other
+features.
+.TP
.I msdos
a local filesystem for MS-DOS partitions.
.TP