fstab - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fstabauto / noauto With the auto option, the device will be mounted automatically at bootup or when the mount -a command is issued. auto is the default option. For the device not to be mounted automatically, the noauto option is used in /etc/fstab. With noauto, the device can be only mounted explicitly. dev / nodev Controls behavior of the interpretation of block special devices on the filesystem. exec / noexec exec lets binaries that are on the partition be executed, whereas n…
Fstab - Community Help Wiki
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FstabIn general fstab is used for internal devices, CD/DVD devices, and network shares (samba/nfs/sshfs). Removable devices such as flash drives *can* be added to fstab, but are typically mounted by gnome-volume-manager and are beyond the scope of this document. Options for mount and fstab are similar.