severity 425199 important thanks On Sat, May 19, 2007 at 07:31:17PM -0700, David Lawyer wrote: > Package: initscripts > Version: 1.13.25 > > I get this message when I boot. It comes from > /etc/init.d/mountall.sh. when it tries to mount per /etc/fstab. By > commenting out lines in /etc/fstab I found that it's the line which > mounts the proc filesystem on /proc that is causing the problem. > > In ubantu I found that the mountall script had: mount ... -t noproc .. > In other words, it doesn't try to mount proc and thus no error message. > When I add noproc to Debian's mountall.sh (after -t of course), the > "Failed!" message disappears. > > I checked on the internet and found old instructions (not labelled > "old") that fstab should have a line to mount proc. I'm using a > Debian from several years ago but upgrade it about once a year using > apt-get. So it should be current. But upgrading doesn't seem to modify > fstab (assuming that it shouldn't have a line to mount proc). > > So a fix is needed: either use noproc or have upgrades modify > /etc/fstab.
I confirm the bug and the possible fixes. Obviously, adding noproc is the solution, here. Note that you can still have /proc entry from an old install of Debian, which *did* put it there at the times it was required. Nowadays, /etc/init.d/mountkernfs.sh takes care of mounting /proc, /sys, and other kernel filesystems, so having an entry for /proc in /etc/fstab has become useless. I'd also say this is a pretty important bug, because it can hide real problems by systematically giving out an error when there is none. I'd go as far as saying this should go to stable-proposed-updates. Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
