From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 2 16:44:42 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id QAA13486 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 2 Jul 1996 16:44:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from palmer.demon.co.uk (palmer.demon.co.uk [158.152.50.150]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id QAA13480 for ; Tue, 2 Jul 1996 16:44:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from palmer.demon.co.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by palmer.demon.co.uk (sendmail/PALMER-2) with ESMTP id AAA08917; Wed, 3 Jul 1996 00:42:39 +0100 (BST) To: Andi Gutmans cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: "Gary Palmer" Subject: Re: Loopback mounts In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 02 Jul 1996 02:05:07 +0300." <2.2.32.19960701230507.00729f28@mail.actcom.co.il> Date: Wed, 03 Jul 1996 00:42:38 +0100 Message-ID: <8915.836350958@palmer.demon.co.uk> Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Andi Gutmans wrote in message ID <2.2.32.19960701230507.00729f28@mail.actcom.co.il>: > Hi, > > Does FreeBSD do loopback directory mounts ala SunOS? > I mean like mount -t lo /local/mail /var/spool/mail You can do localhost mounts with NFS, but no loopback mounts as (to date) the nullfs in FreeBSD is broken. Before you ask: yes, it is being worked on, and should (hopefully) be fixed in 2.2, which is due out about the end of the year. > And one more questions :) > Is there an FAQ or HOWTO for IPX someplace? I haven't been able to find one > on www.freebsd.org Not that I know of. Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info