From: erif <linux-newbie@omnib.org>
To: "John T. Williams" <jtwilliams@vt.edu>
Cc: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Mounting BSD-labeled slices in Linux
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 21:11:41 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040420211141.E31144@bigtower.net> (raw)
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
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
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-04-20 19:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-04-20 10:37 Mounting BSD-labeled slices in Linux erif
2004-04-20 11:43 ` Steven Smith
2004-04-20 12:13 ` erif
2004-04-20 12:40 ` Steven Smith
2004-04-20 13:05 ` erif
2004-04-20 18:10 ` John T. Williams
2004-04-20 19:11 ` erif [this message]
2004-04-20 19:18 ` Steven Smith
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