From 5ef3797c41c01e9565b7616a2d97be8a8f94b51f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Hymers <markh@linuxfromscratch.org>
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 00:13:05 +0000
Subject: [Bug 183] /etc/mtab --> /proc/mounts symlink added

git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@1475 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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 chapter06/mtablink.xml | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
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 create mode 100644 chapter06/mtablink.xml

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diff --git a/chapter06/mtablink.xml b/chapter06/mtablink.xml
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+<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>
+
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