From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from mailout07.t-online.de ([194.25.134.83]:35614 "EHLO mailout07.t-online.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755340Ab3EUCfg (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 May 2013 22:35:36 -0400 Date: 21 May 2013 04:28:00 +0200 From: Hullen@t-online.de (Helmut Hullen) To: util-linux@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <5198086A.1010903@tlinx.org> Subject: Re: new mount is broken w/regard to devnames in /etc/fstab MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Reply-To: helmut@hullen.de Sender: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hallo, Linda, Du meintest am 18.05.13: > 1) How is one supposed to get the real root device? rdev > It's not /dev/root -- and on my system /dev/root doesn't even exist. > (though to be fair, it has in the past -- udev musta got sloppy this > time, and did point to the real root device). My system doesn't use "udev", it has no "/dev/root" entry, and it shows since some (few) years "/dev/root" when I invoke "df". No problem. Viele Gruesse! Helmut