Re: [Evms-devel] newbie question - cannot mount snapshot volume

[Kevin C. <kev...@us...>]

On Wednesday 24 September 2003 02:30, Dirk Heinrichs wrote:
> Am Dienstag, 23. September 2003 18:23 schrieb Kevin Corry:
> > Hi,
> >
> > To make things much easier for you, try reading through the new install
> > instructions that I've been working on at:
> > http://evms.sf.net/install/
>
> One minor issue: in the install/tools.html section you write that on
> 2.6.0-test5, one has to mount sysfs from /etc/fstab. From my understanding
> of the docs, sysfs is mounted automatically by the kernel if /sys is there

Which docs are you referring to?

I just tried uncommenting the sysfs entry in my /etc/fstab and rebooting. 
Sysfs did not get mounted automatically by the kernel. I'd have a hard time 
believing that would be the desired behavior anyway. Most other "virtual" 
filesystems have never been mounted automatically (e.g. you need an 
/etc/fstab entry for /proc). The only exception I can think of is devfs, 
which is a mess anyway.

> (you would get a chicken-and-egg problem if you mount sysfs via fstab when
> / is on an evms volume).

I don't see how. You have to have your root filesystem mounted to access 
/etc/fstab, regardless of which device it's on.

The general case of having your root filesystem on an evms volume presents its 
own chicken-and-egg problem, which is addressed in the last section of the 
new install instructions (http://evms.sf.net/install/root.html).

-- 
Kevin Corry
kev...@us...
http://evms.sourceforge.net/