From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from majordomo by infradead.org with local (Exim 3.16 #2) id 1433oe-0005Yu-00 for mtd-list@infradead.org; Mon, 04 Dec 2000 22:10:32 +0000 Received: from mrserver.wte.net ([206.98.206.71] helo=mrserver.cachier.com) by infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 3.16 #2) id 1433oZ-0005Yo-00 for mtd@infradead.org; Mon, 04 Dec 2000 22:10:28 +0000 From: Levi Khatskevitch Reply-To: LKhatskevitch@cachier.com To: tyson@rwii.com Subject: Re: nftl/DoC Mill. root fs question Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 17:05:49 -0500 Content-Type: text/plain Cc: mtd@infradead.org, linuxbios@lanl.gov References: <200012042140.QAA08601@server.rwii.com> In-Reply-To: <200012042140.QAA08601@server.rwii.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <00120417072203.15102@mrserver> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-mtd@infradead.org List-ID: On Mon, 04 Dec 2000, tyson@rwii.com wrote: > On 4 Dec, Ronald G Minnich wrote: > > On Mon, 4 Dec 2000, Levi Khatskevitch wrote: > > > >> it reports that / is /dev/root device and not /dev/nftla1 what did I miss? > > > > This is unix foolishness. Mounts are kept in /etc/mtab. Since the file > > system is readonly, this won't get fixed, since you can't update files in > > /etc. > > > > ron > > I run systems with read-only file systems. Among other thigs, we > symlink /etc/mtab to /proc/mounts. > > Cheers! > Ty > tried that, doesn't change anything - Levi -- Levi Khatskevitch CTO Cachier, Corp. 575 Grand St., Suite E306 New York, NY 10002 To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe mtd" to majordomo@infradead.org