On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 06:01:54PM +0100, J B wrote:
> What is actually happening here ?
[...]
> # mount -vf -t auto /dev/sda2 /media/
> /dev/sda2 on /media type auto (rw)
man mount:
-f, --fake
Causes everything to be done except for the actual
system call; if it's not obvious, this ``fakes''
mounting the filesystem.
> # df
> Filesystem      1K-blocks   ÂUsed Available Use% Mounted on
> /dev/sda7 Â Â Â Â Â Â 14420896 Â 7413796 Â 5541976 Â58% /
> tmpfs         Â1025992    448  1025544  1% /dev/shm
> /dev/sda2       14420896  7413796  5541976 Â58% /media   <========
df(1) reads /etc/mtab where is the 'fake' entry, /media is no the
root (/) filesystem. It seems that df(1) is not smart enough to
detect this situation.
> [root@localhost jb]# mount
> ...
> /dev/sda2 on /media type auto (rw) Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â <========
>
> # cat /proc/mounts
> ...
> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â <====== ???
Sure, the filesystem is not mounted.
Karel
--
Karel Zak <kzak@xxxxxxxxxx>
http://karelzak.blogspot.com
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe util-linux" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
