Re: / listed twice in /proc/mounts

From: Christian Laursen (xi@borderworlds.dk)
Date: Thu Mar 27 2003 - 16:59:22 EST


Ken Moffat <ken@kenmoffat.uklinux.net> writes:

> On 27 Mar 2003, Christian Laursen wrote:
>
> > The other day, I upgraded the components of a software package
> > that I maintain, including updating the kernel from 2.4.18 to
> > 2.4.20.
> >
> > I noticed something strange: / is now listed twice in /proc/mounts
> > like this
> >
> > rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0
> > /dev/root / ext2 rw 0 0
> >
> > It confused one of my scripts, so I had to implement a quick workaround.
> >
> > Is this a feature or a bug?
> >
>
> Is your /etc/mtab a symlink to /proc/mounts ? That is generally
> thought not to be a good idea.

No, I'm running in a minimal environment without all the normal stuff,
so there isn't even an /etc/mtab.

-- 
Best regards
    Christian Laursen
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