The other day, I upgraded the components of a software package
that I maintain, including updating the kernel from 2.4.18 to
2.4.20.
I noticed something strange: / is now listed twice in /proc/mounts
like this
rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0
/dev/root / ext2 rw 0 0
It confused one of my scripts, so I had to implement a quick workaround.
Is this a feature or a bug?
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Best regards
Christian Laursen
On 27 Mar 2003, Christian Laursen wrote:
> The other day, I upgraded the components of a software package
> that I maintain, including updating the kernel from 2.4.18 to
> 2.4.20.
>
> I noticed something strange: / is now listed twice in /proc/mounts
> like this
>
> rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0
> /dev/root / ext2 rw 0 0
>
> It confused one of my scripts, so I had to implement a quick workaround.
>
> Is this a feature or a bug?
>
Is your /etc/mtab a symlink to /proc/mounts ? That is generally
thought not to be a good idea.
Ken
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Ken Moffat <[email protected]> writes:
> On 27 Mar 2003, Christian Laursen wrote:
>
> > The other day, I upgraded the components of a software package
> > that I maintain, including updating the kernel from 2.4.18 to
> > 2.4.20.
> >
> > I noticed something strange: / is now listed twice in /proc/mounts
> > like this
> >
> > rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0
> > /dev/root / ext2 rw 0 0
> >
> > It confused one of my scripts, so I had to implement a quick workaround.
> >
> > Is this a feature or a bug?
> >
>
> Is your /etc/mtab a symlink to /proc/mounts ? That is generally
> thought not to be a good idea.
No, I'm running in a minimal environment without all the normal stuff,
so there isn't even an /etc/mtab.
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Best regards
Christian Laursen
On 27 Mar 2003, Christian Laursen wrote:
> >
> > Is your /etc/mtab a symlink to /proc/mounts ? That is generally
> > thought not to be a good idea.
>
> No, I'm running in a minimal environment without all the normal stuff,
> so there isn't even an /etc/mtab.
>
>
Sorry, I didn't even know that could be done in a useable system. I
guess it attracts the same difficulty.
Best Wishes.
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:-> "Ken" == Ken Moffat <[email protected]> writes:
> On 27 Mar 2003, Christian Laursen wrote:
>> The other day, I upgraded the components of a software package
>> that I maintain, including updating the kernel from 2.4.18 to
>> 2.4.20.
>>
>> I noticed something strange: / is now listed twice in /proc/mounts
>> like this
>>
>> rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0
>> /dev/root / ext2 rw 0 0
>>
>> It confused one of my scripts, so I had to implement a quick workaround.
>>
>> Is this a feature or a bug?
>>
> Is your /etc/mtab a symlink to /proc/mounts ? That is generally
> thought not to be a good idea.
I have the same "double root":
# cat /proc/mounts
rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0
/dev/root / ext3 rw 0 0
[...]
# ls -las /dev/root
0 lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 4 Mar 22 15:07 /dev/root -> md/0
# ls -als /etc/mtab
1 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 345 Mar 23 15:55 /etc/mtab
# cat /etc/mtab
/dev/md0 / ext3 rw 0 0
[...]
could it be a 'feature' of devfs, or maybe of raid devices ?
kernel version is 2.4.21-pre5-ac3
Pf
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