David wrote:
Maybe I'm doing something wrong, so I'm asking here first. If no-one
points out a better way, I'll file a bug report.
Also I'd appreciate guidance where best to file it.
During boot I want to mount an iso9660 file as a loop device. The iso
file is on a ext3 partition labelled HUGE_01 which is mounted at
/mnt/huge.
FILE = /mnt/huge/get/iso/Fedora-12-i386-DVD/Fedora-12-i386-DVD.iso
MOUNTPOINT = /mnt/Fedora-12-i386-DVD.
The mount succeeds. However during boot I get this unnecessary failure message:
Mounting local filesystems: [ OK ]
[snip]
Mounting other filesystems: mount: according to mtab
/mnt/huge/get/iso/Fedora-12-i386-DVD/Fedora-12-i386-DVD.iso is already
mounted on /mnt/Fedora-12-i386-DVD as loop [ FAILED ]
From a user perspective, this error message seems equivalent to:
"Because we tried unnecessarily to mount this device a second time
after it had already mounted successfully, we now report to you that
the second attempt failed."
So a failure is reported where no failure occurred. Worse, a failure
is reported for the reason that it already succeeded. This seems
illogical and unnecessary. Unless I'm doing somethin' stoopid.
Relevant details are below.
Thanks,
David
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[f12@kablamm ~]$ cat /etc/fstab
LABEL=kablamm_C / ext3 defaults 1 1
LABEL=kablamm_Z /boot ext2 defaults 1 2
LABEL=BIG_01 /mnt/big ext3 defaults 1 2
LABEL=HUGE_01 /mnt/huge ext3 defaults 1 2
LABEL=kablamm_H /home ext3 defaults 1 2
LABEL=kablamm_S swap swap defaults 0 0
tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/mnt/huge/get/iso/Fedora-12-i386-DVD/Fedora-12-i386-DVD.iso /mnt/Fedora-12-i386-DVD iso9660 loop,ro,gid=share
0 0
There's a secret way to do this, called "man fstab." Those numbers at the end of
the line are not random, they control the mounting order. So you are trying to
mount the DVD file before you mount the filesystem providing the ISO image file.
Change the "0 0" to something reasonable, I think "1 3" will work, or "2 1" if
it doesn't.
--
Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx>
"We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from
the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot
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