On 2005-03-28 Joachim Berdal Haga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>updatedb has stopped working (truncated db). No errors
>>> [...]

>>> which references this line in /etc/mtab:

>>> /dev /.dev unknown rw,bind 0 0

>> Is this a dead line in /etc/mtab? i.e. is the filesystem mounted
>> (Please show /proc/mounts)?

> This is /proc/mounts:
[nothing about "/dev" or "/.dev"]

Looks like a dead mountpoint, i.e. something is umounting with "mount
-n". But there has to be more factors, becaus if I simply add the
broken line to _my_ /etc/mtab (and optionally additionally mkdir /.dev)
updatedb continues to work fine.

[...]
> (please note: I'm just guessing that the kernel is involved, because that 
> is the only change that I've made recently. I can reboot into an older 
> kernel if you want me to.)

I'd appreciate if you could do these tests:

* remove the "/dev /.dev unknown rw,bind 0 0"-line from /etc/mtab and
  reboot into your usual kernel. Check whether the broken line in mtab
  is regenerated.
* If the line indeed is persistent make the same test with the older
  kernel.
               cu andreas
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