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From: Parv <parv@pair.com>
To: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu>
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Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Graham North <northg@shaw.ca>
Subject: Re: normal mount points
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in message <20070429010026.GB9913@gizmo.acns.msu.edu>,
wrote Jerry McAllister thusly...
>
> On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 11:21:20AM -0700, Graham North wrote:
>
> > I ran the df command last night to check slice sizes in
> > anticipation of doing some backup and eventual tranfer to a new
> > machine. The output gave me not just normal slices that were
> > created at install but also three additional (mount points?)
> > /proc
> > /net
> > /host
>
> No problem. /proc is sort of a psuedo file system that enables
> some routines such as top to look at certain pieces of
> information.
>
> Probably /net and /host are also psuedo file systems, but I have
> never seen them before. If they are legit, they are for something
> I do not run.
Could it be that /{ne,hos}t mount points are due to use of
a{manda,utomounter}?
- Parv
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