On Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 11:30:15PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > On Tuesday 01 November 2005 21:50, Sven Luther wrote: > > I think it would be better for yaird to use /etc/mtab instead of > > /etc/fstab to parse for the root mount point, in effect, this one is > > guaranteed to be always full fielded, and not have any of the problems > > related to strangely filled user entries in the /etc/fstab. > > Note that /etc/mtab will not be up-to-date if the / filesystem is mounted > read-only.
Well, this is run at package installation time, which you would hardly be able to do on a ro /. Still, it is good to know. > > /dev/hda12 on / type ext3 (rw,noatime,errors=remount-ro,commit=600) > > Notice that i did remember some code in debian-installer doing exactly > > this, but i don't remember where it was. > > d-i seems to use the /etc/mtab of the installed system while installing > some bootloaders, but d-i itself makes sure itself that it is updated > before it is used. > I other cases the /etc/mtab of the installer itself is used, which is a > symlink to /proc/mounts... Ok, altough (on my sarge system running 2.6.8) : $ more /proc/mounts rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0 /dev2/root2 / ext3 rw 0 0 Which seems suspiciously non-useful :) > So IMHO usage of /etc/mtab in d-i can hardly be a convincing argument. No, but it can be used as source of inspiration or as reference, whcih is why i mentioned it. Anyway, Erik fixed the /etc/fstab probing code so this is moot. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
