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From: iv@hal6000.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: mnttab
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Date: Wed, 29-Jul-87 16:01:00 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 29 16:01:00 1987
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Nf-From: hal6000.UUCP!iv    Jul 29 15:01:00 1987


"They're going to love this one," he sighed as he pressed the `W' key.

>> Written  2:11 pm  Jul 15, 1987 by iisat!kevin in comp.unix.xenix <<
>> ---------- "mnttab" ---------- 
>> when I do a 'df', I only get one file
>> system displayed (/usr), but my root system IS NOT !
>>
>> Anyone have this problem or any ideas on it ?
>> ------------------------------ 

The setmnt command has this neat feature that it doesn't add to what is
in the /etc/mnttab file, it writes OVER it!  Thus if you ran the sequence:

	# cp /dev/null /etc/mnttab
	# mount /dev/usr /usr
	# echo "root /" | setmnt

and then did `df', you would see only `/'.

I realize this is not the problem you describe, but it is close enough
that it is worth mentioning.

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