Hi,
yes. you can mount the same device in multiple mountpoints, thanks mainly
to the great amount of work done by a hacker named Alexander Viro. It is
certainly a useful feature and it is "cool" to be able to do what "other
OSes" cannot anyway...
Regards,
Tigran
On Fri, 7 Jul 2000, Peter Enderborg wrote:
> Note this sequence: /dev/sda4 is already mounted!
> Is this a new feature, or is something broken ?!
>
>
> Linux pescadero 2.4.0-test2 #2 SMP Thu Jul 6 00:45:04 MEST 2000 i686
> unknown
>
>
> root@pescadero pme]# mount
> /dev/sda1 on / type ext2 (rw)
> none on /proc type proc (rw)
> /dev/sda3 on /usr type ext2 (rw)
> /dev/hda3 on /export1 type ext2 (rw)
> /dev/sda4 on /mnt/newhome type ext2 (rw)
> /dev/hda1 on /mnt/kernel type ext2 (rw)
> none on /var/shm type shm (rw)
> [root@pescadero pme]#
> [root@pescadero pme]#
> [root@pescadero pme]#
> [root@pescadero pme]#
> [root@pescadero pme]# mount /dev/sda4 /mnt/cdrom/
> [root@pescadero pme]# mount
> /dev/sda1 on / type ext2 (rw)
> none on /proc type proc (rw)
> /dev/sda3 on /usr type ext2 (rw)
> /dev/hda3 on /export1 type ext2 (rw)
> /dev/sda4 on /mnt/newhome type ext2 (rw)
> /dev/hda1 on /mnt/kernel type ext2 (rw)
> none on /var/shm type shm (rw)
> /dev/sda4 on /mnt/cdrom type ext2 (rw)
> [root@pescadero pme]# umount /mnt/cdrom/
> [root@pescadero pme]#
>
>
> --
> foo!
>
>
>
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