Date: Wed, 22 Feb 1995 16:14:10 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@trout.sri.MT.net> To: Garrett Wollman <wollman@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@freefall.cdrom.com> Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: mountd changes Message-ID: <199502222314.QAA15850@trout.sri.MT.net> In-Reply-To: Garrett Wollman <wollman@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> "Re: mountd changes" (Feb 22, 5:59pm)
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> > Sigh.. You can't tell me that this makes sense: > > > $ mount freefall:/a /mnt > > $ mount freefall:/a /mnt > > $ mount freefall:/a /mnt > > $ mount freefall:/a /mnt > > $ df > > ... > > freefall:/a 1668222 569434 1015376 36% /mnt > > freefall:/a 1668222 569434 1015376 36% /mnt > > freefall:/a 1668222 569434 1015376 36% /mnt > > freefall:/a 1668222 569434 1015376 36% /mnt > > Sure, makes perfect sense. Just as if I said: > > root@khavrinen$ mount -t null /usr/local/X11R6 /mnt > root@khavrinen$ df > Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on > /dev/wd0h 127143 64985 55800 54% /usr/local > /usr/local/X11R6 127143 64985 55800 54% /mnt No, it *doesn't* make sense at all. Having multiple mounts is confusing at best, and down-right dangerous at other times. (Single-user mode comes to mind) Nate
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