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List:       linux-kernel
Subject:    Re: About /etc/mtab and /proc/mounts
From:       Denis Vlasenko <vda () port ! imtp ! ilyichevsk ! odessa ! ua>
Date:       2003-02-28 6:15:07
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On 28 February 2003 01:28, Kasper Dupont wrote:
> Denis Vlasenko wrote:
> > lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           12 Nov 12  2001 root ->
> > /.share/root
>
> Wouldn't it be best to keep /root on the root filesystem?
> It is rarely large, and if you need to log in as root to
> fix some mounting problem, I guess you want your home
> directory.

No. My rootfs is RO. My home dir shouldn't be.

> > lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           11 Nov 12  2001 mnt ->
> > /.local/mnt
>
> What is the point in making mnt a local directory? All
> it contains are some directories to serve as mountpoints.
> I guess you are going to mount something on top of every
> subdirectory in mnt anyway.

Yes.
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vda
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