From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: erif Subject: Re: Mounting BSD-labeled slices in Linux Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 21:11:41 +0200 Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <20040420211141.E31144@bigtower.net> References: <20040420123702.C22871@bigtower.net> <20040420114321.GA44860@archibold.chu.cam.ac.uk> <20040420141311.D22871@bigtower.net> <20040420124022.GA51878@archibold.chu.cam.ac.uk> <20040420150502.B31144@bigtower.net> <1082484620.28719.7.camel@scotus.fesnel.no-ip.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1082484620.28719.7.camel@scotus.fesnel.no-ip.org>; from jtwilliams@vt.edu on Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 02:10:21PM -0400 List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: "John T. Williams" Cc: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 02:10:21PM -0400, John T. Williams wrote: > Generally speaking, linux relies on its users to not do things unless > they know what they are doing. If you don't believe me try logging in > as root and typing "rm -rf /usr".(in case you don't know, that will > foobar your system and likely force you to re-install from the > beginning) I'm a linux-newbie, not a unix-newbie. =) But I still consider it strange to be able to mount "the same device" (practically) to two different mount points. Even though you are an experienced user/administrator, shit still happens. This is probably a flavour-thingy, it is not permitted i FreeBSD. -- Fredrik Eriksson - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs