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diff --git a/chapter06/chapter06.xml b/chapter06/chapter06.xml index ac8f2742d..3c7601438 100644 --- a/chapter06/chapter06.xml +++ b/chapter06/chapter06.xml @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ &c6-bashprofile; &c6-chroot; &c6-changingowner; +&c6-mtablink; &c6-glibc; &c6-makedev; &c6-manpages; diff --git a/chapter06/mtablink.xml b/chapter06/mtablink.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..a573bd62b --- /dev/null +++ b/chapter06/mtablink.xml @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +<sect1 id="ch06-mtablink"> +<title>Creating the /etc/mtab symlink</title> +<?dbhtml filename="mtablink.html" dir="chapter06"?> + +<para>The next thing to do is to create a symlink pointing from +/etc/mtab to /proc/mounts. This is done using the following +command:</para> + +<para><screen><userinput>ln -s /proc/mounts /etc/mtab</userinput></screen></para> + +<para>Creating this symlink avoids problems which can occur if / is +mounted read-only and the information in /etc/mtab is stale (i.e. out of +date). By creating the symlink to /proc/mounts, we ensure that +/etc/mtab will always be up-to-date.</para> + +<para>Note that using this symlink requires that you have /proc +filesystem support compiled into your kernel. This is included by +default and should not be removed unless you <emphasis>really</emphasis> +know what you are doing as many more things than just the /etc/mtab +symlink depend on /proc being present. In summary, make sure you have +/proc filesystem support in your kernel.</para> + +</sect1> + |