> Why is there no contradiction in: > > $ mount | grep ext > /dev/hda2 on / type ext3 (rw) > $ sudo mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1 > mount: fs type ext3 not supported by kernel > $ By way of the quasi-private usb-storage thread in which this question arose, kindly I hear there is no contradiction because which mount we mean of course varies by context: --- mount is a user space program that does the mount system call for you. In /etc/mtab it keeps a record of what it mounted. Without args, "mount" is roughly the same as "cat /etc/mtab". But the root filesystem was not mounted by mount, but by system startup. In order to also have a line for / it takes that line from /etc/fstab. But that contains whatever you put there, and need not describe reality. --- Pat LaVarre __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
