Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 08:52:18 -0600 From: "Mike Meyer" <mwm-dated-1015253538.970165@mired.org> To: Ceri <setantae@submonkey.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mount -a Message-ID: <15484.62114.185076.33762@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <56194747@toto.iv>
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Ceri <setantae@submonkey.net> types: > From mount(8) : > > -a All the filesystems described in fstab(5) are mounted. Excep- > tions are those marked as ``noauto'', excluded by the -t flag > (see below), or if they are already mounted (except the root > filesystem which is always remounted to preserve traditional sin- > gle user mode behavior). > > How does the root filesystem get remounted if there are other filesystems > mounted which do not ? Because that's the way the mount system call is implemented. If you have a more specific question, I'd be glad to try and answer that, but I'm not going to try and guess if or what it is. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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