From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 15 15:41:52 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6267016A4DD for ; Tue, 15 Aug 2006 15:41:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wash@wananchi.com) Received: from ns2.wananchi.com (ns2.wananchi.com [62.8.64.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CB4243D6B for ; Tue, 15 Aug 2006 15:41:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wash@wananchi.com) Received: from wash by ns2.wananchi.com with local (Exim 4.63 #0 (FreeBSD 4.11-STABLE)) id 1GD131-0009c4-P1 by authid for ; Tue, 15 Aug 2006 18:41:44 +0300 Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 18:41:43 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20060815154143.GN69670@ns2.wananchi.com> Mail-Followup-To: Odhiambo Washington , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline X-Disclaimer: Any views expressed in this message, where not explicitly attributed otherwise, are mine alone!. X-Mailer: Mutt 1.5.12 (2006-07-14) X-Designation: Systems Administrator, Wananchi Online Ltd. X-Location: Nairobi, KE, East Africa. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.12-2006-07-14 Subject: Stupid question about mountpoints and fstab 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: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 15:41:52 -0000 Hello people, I have never figured out something like this can be done, but today I see it. We have purchased s co-lo server. They have installed it and given me access to "do whatever you want with the box", but their fstab has left me thirsty, wanting to know what's going on ... sp2817a# less /etc/fstab # Device Mountpoint FStype Options Dump Pass# /dev/ad0s1b none swap sw 0 0 /dev/ad0s1a / ufs rw 1 1 /dev/ad0s1g /home ufs rw 2 2 /dev/ad0s1e /tmp ufs rw 2 2 /dev/ad0s1f /usr ufs rw 2 2 /dev/ad0s1d /var ufs rw 2 2 /dev/ad0s2 /home ufs rw 2 2 /dev/acd0 /cdrom cd9660 ro,noauto 0 0 sp2817a# df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/ad0s1a 2.9G 54M 2.6G 2% / devfs 1.0K 1.0K 0B 100% /dev /dev/ad0s1g 15G 22K 13G 0% /home /dev/ad0s1e 248M 8.0K 228M 0% /tmp /dev/ad0s1f 9.7G 1.9G 7.0G 22% /usr /dev/ad0s1d 6.8G 46M 6.2G 1% /var /dev/ad0s2 72G 22K 66G 0% /home Now, if someone can explain to me what the hell is being done with /home in this server... ;) -Wash http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html DISCLAIMER: See http://www.wananchi.com/bms/terms.php -- +======================================================================+ |\ _,,,---,,_ | Odhiambo Washington Zzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ | Wananchi Online Ltd. www.wananchi.com |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-'| Tel: +254 20 313985-9 +254 20 313922 '---''(_/--' `-'\_) | GSM: +254 722 743223 +254 733 744121 +======================================================================+ " ... I told my doctor I got all the exercise I needed being a pallbearer for all my friends who run and do exercises!" -- Winston Churchill