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SubjectRe: Overmounting a filesystem
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William E. Roadcap ecrivit:
>
> On 9 Apr 1996, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>
> > Currently it seems Linux does not permit overmounting a filesystem
> > (mounting a filesystem on top of another, on the same path).
>
> Just tried it, and it works:
>
> /dev/hda1 on / type ext2 (rw)
> /dev/hda2 on /home type ext2 (rw)
> /proc on /proc type proc (rw)
> /dev/hda3 on /home/eddie type ext2 (rw)

That's not what he meant I don't think. I think he really wanted
something like:

mount /dev/hda2 /home
... do things
mount /dev/hda3 /home

Is that right? If so, it's true you can't do that currently.
:E
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Eric S. Mountain - eric@minouche.demon.co.uk

Undetectable errors are infinite; detectable errors by definition are finite.


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