Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 17:10:38 -0700 (PDT) From: "Andrew P. Lentvorski" <bsder@allcaps.org> To: Ian Dowse <iedowse@maths.tcd.ie> Cc: <utsl@quic.net>, <freebsd-fs@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Non-standard root filesystems Message-ID: <20020501170107.E2382-100000@mail.allcaps.org> In-Reply-To: <200205012027.aa63727@salmon.maths.tcd.ie>
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On Wed, 1 May 2002, Ian Dowse wrote: > I presume you know that FreeBSD already allows you to mount another > filesystem directly over /? Do you actually need to remove the > original root filesystem, or is it just for cosmetic reasons that > you would like it to disappear from the mountlist? I believe that if you open a file on the underlying filesystem, it's descriptor remains active even if you union mount/overlay mount the fs. Until you close all the open files, there is still access going to the underlying fs. Somebody please correct me if I am mistaken on this. -a To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-fs" in the body of the message
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