From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 28 19:24:41 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E5B216A406 for ; Sat, 28 Apr 2007 19:24:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from northg@shaw.ca) Received: from pd4mo2so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C07C13C4BA for ; Sat, 28 Apr 2007 19:24:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from northg@shaw.ca) Received: from pd3mr2so.prod.shaw.ca (pd3mr2so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.178]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0JH800LCR0BMJWB0@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 28 Apr 2007 12:21:22 -0600 (MDT) Received: from pn2ml9so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.7]) by pd3mr2so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-7.05 (built Sep 5 2006)) with ESMTP id <0JH8000KV0BMQFN0@pd3mr2so.prod.shaw.ca> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 28 Apr 2007 12:21:22 -0600 (MDT) Received: from [192.168.1.101] ([24.81.202.129]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0JH8006XB0BLDN30@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 28 Apr 2007 12:21:22 -0600 (MDT) Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 11:21:20 -0700 From: Graham North To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-id: <463390A0.20508@shaw.ca> MIME-version: 1.0 User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Windows/20070221) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: normal mount points X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 19:24:41 -0000 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 The machine is a simple web server and print server with little else on it. Can some explain to me (or point me to) an explanation of mount points? Thanks, Graham/ -- Graham North Vancouver BC Canada www.soleado.ca Kindness is infectous, try it.