Changeset 44c2fd8 for chapter06/mtablink.xml
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rcb33ea8 r44c2fd8 1 1 <sect1 id="ch06-mtablink"> 2 <title>Creating the /etc/mtab symlink</title>2 <title>Creating the mtab symlink</title> 3 3 <?dbhtml filename="mtablink.html" dir="chapter06"?> 4 4 5 5 <para>The next thing to do is to create a symlink pointing from 6 /etc/mtab to /proc/mounts. This is done using the following 7 command:</para>6 <filename>/etc/mtab</filename> to <filename>/proc/mounts</filename>. 7 This is done using the following command:</para> 8 8 9 9 <para><screen><userinput>ln -s /proc/mounts /etc/mtab</userinput></screen></para> 10 10 11 <para>Creating this symlink avoids problems which can occur if / is 12 mounted read-only and the information in /etc/mtab is stale (i.e. out of 13 date). By creating the symlink to /proc/mounts, we ensure that 14 /etc/mtab will always be up-to-date.</para> 11 <para>Creating this symlink avoids problems which can occur if 12 <filename class="directory">/</filename> is mounted read-only and the 13 information in <filename>/etc/mtab</filename> is stale (i.e. out of date). 14 By creating the symlink to <filename>/proc/mounts</filename>, we ensure that 15 the information on currently mounted devices is always up-to-date.</para> 15 16 16 <para>Note that using this symlink requires that you have /proc17 filesystem support compiled into your kernel. Thisis included by18 default and should not be removed unless you <emphasis>really</emphasis>19 know what you are doing as many more things than just the /etc/mtab20 symlink depend on /proc being present. In summary, make sure you have 21 /proc filesystem support in your kernel.</para>17 <para>Note that using this symlink requires that you have support for the 18 proc filesystem compiled into your kernel. This support is included by 19 default, and should not be removed unless you <emphasis>really</emphasis> 20 know what you are doing, as some more things besides the 21 <filename>/etc/mtab</filename> symlink depend on proc being present. 22 In short, make sure you have proc filesystem support in your kernel.</para> 22 23 23 24 </sect1>
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