On Thu, Sep 29, 2005 at 05:41:20PM -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: > On 9/29/05, David <dplist@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 13:37:26 +0200 > > Antonio <debian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > [OT] > > > I don't have a devpts entry in fstab, should debian must have one? > > > (infact I currently have to manually mount devpts to open a subshell, > > > for example CRTL+O in mc). > > > [/OT] > > On my Debian testing, /dev/pts and /dev/shm are both mounted > > by /etc/init.d/mountvirtfs, that is called during the single user part > > of the boot sequence. No need for an fstab entry. > > I don't know why it isn't so on your system. > I don't know anything about Debian, but the fact that it's being > mounted by mountvirtfs means that it's not 'automaticly done', > correct? File systems can be mounted even if they aren't in fstab, but > shm isn't done automatically as someone suggested earlier. Correct, they're not automatically mounted by the kernel. > Since my Gentoo systems don't have this mountvirtfs script it doesn't > happen on my box. grep -ri shm /etc/init.d/ ?? -- Eric Dantan Rzewnicki | Systems Administrator Technical Operations Division | Radio Free Asia 2025 M Street, NW | Washington, DC 20036 | 202-530-4900 CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATION This e-mail message is intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. Any unauthorized dissemination, distribution, or copying is strictly prohibited. If you receive this transmission in error, please contact network@xxxxxxxx
