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Date:      Sun, 12 Nov 2000 13:33:49 +0000
From:      Ben Smithurst <csxbcs@comp.leeds.ac.uk>
To:        opentrax@email.com
Cc:        bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: docs/22043: fstab cache annoyance
Message-ID:  <20001112133349.A4780@comp.leeds.ac.uk>
In-Reply-To: <200011121058.CAA04066@spammie.svbug.com>
References:  <20001111195431.B13079@platinum.scientia.demon.co.uk> <200011121058.CAA04066@spammie.svbug.com>

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opentrax@email.com wrote:

> Are you stating that I should report the bugs in
> mount, fsck, etc. - instead?

I've never noticed the bugs you describe.

root@platinum:~# mount /floppy
mount: /floppy: unknown special file or file system
root@platinum:~# cat /etc/fstab  
# Device                Mountpoint      FStype  Options         Dump    Pass#
/dev/ad0s1b             none            swap    sw              0       0
/dev/ad0s1a             /               ufs     rw              1       1
/dev/ad0s1e             /usr            ufs     rw              2       2
/dev/ad0s2e             /current        ufs     rw              2       2
/dev/ad0s2f             /share          ufs     rw              2       2
/dev/acd0c              /cdrom          cd9660  ro,noauto       0       0
proc                    /proc           procfs  rw              0       0
magnesium:/usr    /nfs/magnesium/usr    nfs     bg,soft,intr,rw 0       0
/dev/ad2s1a             /strontium      ufs     rw              2       2
/dev/ad2s1e             /strontium/usr  ufs     rw              2       2
/dev/ad2s2e     /strontium/usr/home/ben/CD/.2   ufs     rw      2       2
/dev/ad2s2f     /strontium/usr/home/ben/CD/.3   ufs     rw      2       2
root@platinum:~# mount /floppy
mount: /floppy: unknown special file or file system
root@platinum:~# echo "/dev/fd0 /floppy ufs rw,noauto 0 0" >> /etc/fstab
root@platinum:~# mount /floppy
mount: /floppy: No such file or directory
root@platinum:~# mkdir /floppy
root@platinum:~# mount /floppy
mount: Device not configured

Seems to pick up the change to me without a reboot, even if there were
errors because the directory /floppy didn't exist anb because this
kernel doesn't have a floppy configured in.  I'd like some stronger
evidence that there is such a problem.

-- 
Ben Smithurst / csxbcs@comp.leeds.ac.uk / ben@FreeBSD.org


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