Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 14:18:00 -0500 (EST) From: Ryan Ziegler <ziggy@wopr.inetu.net> To: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> Cc: zhihuizhang <bf20761@binghamton.edu>, Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: More questions on DEVFS Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.981116141712.24070C-100000@wopr.inetu.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.981113145427.19321G-100000@current1.whistle.com>
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On Fri, 13 Nov 1998, Julian Elischer wrote: > > > On Fri, 13 Nov 1998, zhihuizhang wrote: > > > > > (2) By saying "put devices in there..", I guess it means that the > > superuser mount the special device at some directory under the new root. > > If we set up root directories for several processes, then we may need to > > mount a certain device used by these processes several times. DEVFS can > > be mounted multiple times to achieve this. However, multiple mounts of > > a normal file system are NOT allowed. Am I right? > > That is correct though I think possibly multiple /proc filesystems > might be ok.. > While 'possible' and 'correct' may mean different things in this case, you CAN mount multiple procfs filesystems. Mounting the same ufs or swap partition multiple times will not work. I have never tried devfs. -Ryan > > > > > > Thanks for your response. > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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