diff --git a/fs/etc/fstab b/fs/etc/fstab
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f05f0fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/etc/fstab
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+proc            /proc           proc    defaults          0       0
+/dev/mmcblk0p1  /boot           vfat    ro,defaults          0       2
+/dev/mmcblk0p2  /               ext4    ro,defaults,noatime  0       1
+tmpfs   /tmp    tmpfs  rw,size=64M,noexec,nodev,nosuid,mode=1777   0  0
+# a swapfile is not a swap partition, so no using swapon|off from here on, use  dphys-swapfile swap[on|off]  for that