diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index 4e05d0c..8d76688 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -317,6 +317,11 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
     // out of the same read-only initrd, before it spawns anything — the registrar
     // has to know its policy before the first provider asks.
     bundled_list.append(b.allocator, .{ .path = "system/configuration/protocol.csv", .binary = b.path("system/configuration/protocol.csv") }) catch @panic("OOM");
+    // The storage mount map (docs/file-system-development/storage-architecture.md):
+    // filesystems.csv (content signature -> service binary) and volumes.csv (the
+    // optional id -> mount-prefix override), both read by the volume manager.
+    bundled_list.append(b.allocator, .{ .path = "system/configuration/filesystems.csv", .binary = b.path("system/configuration/filesystems.csv") }) catch @panic("OOM");
+    bundled_list.append(b.allocator, .{ .path = "system/configuration/volumes.csv", .binary = b.path("system/configuration/volumes.csv") }) catch @panic("OOM");
     // A no-option build assumes neither -Dtest-case nor -Ddiagnose: it ships the
     // production set only. The userspace test fixtures under /test join in only
     // for a test build — which the QEMU harness signals by passing
diff --git a/system/configuration/filesystems.csv b/system/configuration/filesystems.csv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..81dea8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system/configuration/filesystems.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# The filesystem map: a probed volume's content signature -> the service binary
+# that serves it (docs/file-system-development/storage-architecture.md). The
+# volume manager reads this (the policy); a signature no row matches goes
+# unserved, never guessed. Adding a filesystem adds a row.
+#
+# signature, binary
+fat, /system/services/fat
diff --git a/system/configuration/volumes.csv b/system/configuration/volumes.csv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..55e29ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system/configuration/volumes.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# The mount map (danos's fstab): a volume's content id -> a chosen mount prefix.
+# This is an OPTIONAL override, read by the volume manager. A volume with no row
+# mounts at its default /volumes/<id>, where <id> is the manager's rendered
+# content identity (e.g. fat-12345678, gpt-<guid>, mbr-<sig>-<index>) — stable,
+# unique, and never a port or a label. The label is display metadata, not here:
+# query it via the volume manager's `volumes` verb.
+#
+# id, mount_prefix
diff --git a/system/services/volume-manager/build.zig b/system/services/volume-manager/build.zig
index a9145e8..d2944b0 100644
--- a/system/services/volume-manager/build.zig
+++ b/system/services/volume-manager/build.zig
@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
         .name = "volume-manager",
         .root_source_file = b.path("volume-manager.zig"),
         .imports = &.{
-            "block",   "channel",  "device-manager-protocol", "driver",
-            "envelope", "ipc",     "logging",                 "memory",
-            "process", "service",  "time",                    "volume-manager-protocol",
+            "block",   "channel",     "csv",           "device-manager-protocol",
+            "driver",  "envelope",    "file-system",   "ipc",
+            "logging", "memory",      "process",       "service",
+            "time",    "volume-manager-protocol",
         },
     });
     b.installArtifact(exe);
diff --git a/system/services/volume-manager/volume-manager.zig b/system/services/volume-manager/volume-manager.zig
index f9e6ea6..f80d6d9 100644
--- a/system/services/volume-manager/volume-manager.zig
+++ b/system/services/volume-manager/volume-manager.zig
@@ -26,7 +26,10 @@ const process = @import("process");
 const service = @import("service");
 const time = @import("time");
 const envelope = @import("envelope");
+const fs = @import("file-system");
 const partition = @import("partition.zig");
+const filesystem_map = @import("filesystem-map.zig");
+const volume_map = @import("volume-map.zig");
 
 const Serve = volume_manager_protocol.Protocol.Provider(void);
 const Invocation = envelope.Invocation;
@@ -42,15 +45,53 @@ const Volume = struct {
     block_count: u64,
     identity: partition.Identity,
     id: u64,
+    binary: []const u8, // the service binary, from filesystems.csv by signature
+    mount_prefix: []const u8, // the volume-root mount path (its id-path, or a volumes.csv override)
     filesystem_pid: u32 = 0,
 };
 
-/// The filesystem binary a probed volume is served by. The signature->binary
-/// map (filesystems.csv) lands with the identity ladder; for now every FAT-shaped
-/// volume gets the FAT service.
-const filesystem_binary = "/system/services/fat";
 const volume_id: u64 = 1;
 
+// The mount map, read from configuration at boot (the policy home, storage-
+// architecture.md): filesystems.csv (content signature -> service binary) and
+// volumes.csv (an optional id -> mount-prefix override). The sources are held
+// for the process life so the parsed rules' slices into them stay valid.
+/// bound: bytes of filesystems.csv / volumes.csv the manager reads
+/// decided-by: ours
+/// protects: the config source buffers below
+/// at-limit: truncate - a longer file is cut; a row split by the cut is malformed
+/// observed-by: the per-file "malformed/truncated" log line
+const config_source_bytes = 2048;
+var filesystems_source: [config_source_bytes]u8 = undefined;
+var volumes_source: [config_source_bytes]u8 = undefined;
+/// bound: filesystem-map rules held (one per content signature)
+/// decided-by: ours
+/// protects: the filesystem_rules table
+/// at-limit: truncate - extra rows are dropped and the "truncated" note logged
+/// observed-by: the "truncated" log line
+const maximum_filesystem_rules = 8;
+/// bound: volumes.csv override rows held (one per pinned volume id)
+/// decided-by: ours
+/// protects: the volume_rules table
+/// at-limit: truncate - extra rows are dropped and the "truncated" note logged
+/// observed-by: the "truncated" log line
+const maximum_volume_rules = 64;
+var filesystem_rules: [maximum_filesystem_rules]filesystem_map.Rule = undefined;
+var filesystem_rule_count: usize = 0;
+var volume_rules: [maximum_volume_rules]volume_map.Override = undefined;
+var volume_rule_count: usize = 0;
+/// The composed default mount path (/volumes/<id>) for the current volume; a
+/// volumes.csv override is used in place and needs no buffer (it is already a
+/// slice into volumes_source). One buffer suffices while the manager serves one
+/// volume (multi-volume gives each its own in S3).
+/// bound: bytes of a composed /volumes/<id> mount path
+/// decided-by: ours
+/// protects: the mount_prefix_buf below
+/// at-limit: truncate - bufPrint fails; the volume mounts at a fallback path (logged)
+/// observed-by: the fallback path in the log
+const mount_path_maximum = 64;
+var mount_prefix_buf: [mount_path_maximum]u8 = undefined;
+
 var service_endpoint: ipc.Handle = 0;
 var manager_handle: ?ipc.Handle = null;
 var bounce: memory.DmaRegion = undefined;
@@ -156,7 +197,7 @@ fn isDevicePresent(device_id: u64) bool {
 /// confinement controller (it defines the first range on the device).
 fn spawnFilesystem(v: *Volume) void {
     if (fs_failed) return;
-    const pid = process.spawnSupervised(filesystem_binary, &.{"1"}, service_endpoint) orelse {
+    const pid = process.spawnSupervised(v.binary, &.{ "1", v.mount_prefix }, service_endpoint) orelse {
         _ = logging.write("volume-manager: could not spawn the filesystem; retrying\n");
         armRestart();
         return;
@@ -169,7 +210,7 @@ fn spawnFilesystem(v: *Volume) void {
     }
     v.filesystem_pid = pid;
     fs_spawn_ns = time.clock();
-    std.log.info("volume 0x{x} -> {s} (pid {d}), lba {d}, {d} blocks", .{ v.identity.key, filesystem_binary, pid, v.base_lba, v.block_count });
+    std.log.info("volume 0x{x} -> {s} (pid {d}), lba {d}, {d} blocks", .{ v.identity.key, v.binary, pid, v.base_lba, v.block_count });
 }
 
 /// Schedule a fat restart after backoff; the poll loop performs it once due.
@@ -224,11 +265,29 @@ fn bringUpVolume() void {
         _ = ipc.close(device.endpoint);
         return;
     };
+    // Pick the service binary from the volume's content signature. A signature
+    // no filesystems.csv row serves goes unserved (logged), like an unbound
+    // device — the manager does not guess.
+    const binary = filesystem_map.match(filesystem_rules[0..filesystem_rule_count], found.signature) orelse {
+        if (!logged_no_volume) {
+            _ = logging.write("volume-manager: no filesystem serves this volume's content; unserved\n");
+            logged_no_volume = true;
+        }
+        _ = ipc.close(device.endpoint);
+        return;
+    };
+    // The mount path is the volume's identity id (/volumes/<id>), or a
+    // volumes.csv override pinning it to a chosen path. The id is content-derived,
+    // so the path is stable and never a port or a label.
+    var id_buf: [volume_map.id_maximum]u8 = undefined;
+    const id = volume_map.idString(found.identity, &id_buf);
+    const mount_prefix = volume_map.overrideFor(volume_rules[0..volume_rule_count], id) orelse
+        (std.fmt.bufPrint(&mount_prefix_buf, "/volumes/{s}", .{id}) catch "/volumes/unknown");
     logged_no_volume = false;
     fs_restarts = 0;
     fs_failed = false;
     restart_pending = false;
-    volume = .{ .storage = device, .storage_device_id = opened.device_id, .base_lba = found.base_lba, .block_count = found.block_count, .identity = found.identity, .id = volume_id };
+    volume = .{ .storage = device, .storage_device_id = opened.device_id, .base_lba = found.base_lba, .block_count = found.block_count, .identity = found.identity, .id = volume_id, .binary = binary, .mount_prefix = mount_prefix };
     spawnFilesystem(&volume.?);
 }
 
@@ -296,9 +355,42 @@ fn onMessage(message: []const u8, out: []u8, sender: u32, arrived: *ipc.Arrival)
     return Serve.dispatch({}, handlers, message, sender, arrived.peek(), out);
 }
 
+/// Read a config file into `buf`, returning the byte count (0 if missing).
+fn readConfig(path: []const u8, buf: []u8) usize {
+    var file = fs.open(path, .{}) orelse {
+        std.log.info("volume-manager: {s} missing", .{path});
+        return 0;
+    };
+    defer file.close();
+    var used: usize = 0;
+    while (used < buf.len) {
+        const n = file.read(buf[used..]) orelse break;
+        if (n == 0) break;
+        used += n;
+    }
+    return used;
+}
+
+/// Load the mount map from configuration once at boot (mirrors the device
+/// manager's registry load). A missing or empty filesystems.csv means no volume
+/// is served; volumes.csv is optional — no rows means every volume takes its
+/// default /volumes/<id> path.
+fn loadTables() void {
+    const fs_used = readConfig("/system/configuration/filesystems.csv", &filesystems_source);
+    const fr = filesystem_map.parse(filesystems_source[0..fs_used], &filesystem_rules);
+    filesystem_rule_count = fr.count;
+    if (fr.malformed != 0 or fr.truncated) std.log.info("filesystems.csv: {d} malformed, truncated={}", .{ fr.malformed, fr.truncated });
+
+    const vol_used = readConfig("/system/configuration/volumes.csv", &volumes_source);
+    const vr = volume_map.parse(volumes_source[0..vol_used], &volume_rules);
+    volume_rule_count = vr.count;
+    if (vr.malformed != 0 or vr.truncated) std.log.info("volumes.csv: {d} malformed, truncated={}", .{ vr.malformed, vr.truncated });
+}
+
 fn initialise(endpoint: ipc.Handle) bool {
     service_endpoint = endpoint;
     _ = logging.write("volume-manager: starting, waiting for a storage device\n");
+    loadTables();
     _ = process.subscribeExits(endpoint);
     pollTick();
     _ = time.timerOnce(endpoint, poll_interval_ms); // the poll runs for the life of the boot