[SSI-devel] Re: Error with mount and fstab?

[Andreas <ro...@co...>]

Hello

Andreas wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> I think I have found a bug with the use of fstab:
> 
> 
> /dev/1/hda7    /cluster/node1/boot    ext3    defaults,node=1    0 0
> /dev/2/hda7    /cluster/node2/boot    ext3    defaults,node=2    0 0
> 
> Node 1 is the initnode. I have a symbolic link
> 
> /boot --> /cluster/node{nodenum}/boot
> 
> 
> After node 1 comes up the lokal hda7 is mounted correctly. After I boot 
> node 2 it says:
> 
> mount: /dev/2/hda7 already mounted on /cluster/node2/boot

The problem with the already mounted is that the UUIDs of the lokal 
partitions are the same.

> 
> but it isn't. If I call
> 
> mount /cluster/node2/boot
> 

> 
> on node 2 it works. After that I called

But why does it work, if I mount it later?

Andreas

> 
> umount /boot
> 
> 
> and it works, too! The directory /boot points to is empty now. But df 
> shows still, that /dev/2/hda7 ist mounted to /cluster/node2/boot.
> 
> umount /cluster/node2/boot
> 
> says
> 
> umount: /dev/2/hda7 ist nicht eingehängt    // is not mounted
> umount: /dev/2/hda7 ist nicht eingehängt    // is not mounted
> 
> After that df tells the same, that it is not mounted any longer. I do 
> not know if that should work, but
> 
> mount /boot
> 
> does not. Mount does not follow the link. But if that is so shouldn't 
> umount behave the same? And if it umounts the directory the link points 
> to I think it should remove the entry in mtab, too.
> 
> Andreas
> 
> 
> 
> 
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