Messages in this thread |  | | From | Matthias Urlichs <> | Subject | Re: reproduceable GPF in 2.0.23 with Quota when unmounting /proc | Date | Sat, 26 Oct 1996 22:05:23 +0100 |
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In linux.dev.kernel, article <Pine.LNX.3.95.961026083449.638A-100000@dot.acast.nova.edu>, Mark Levitt <melevitt@syr.edu> writes: > > I'm a little confused about this whole issue. Is there any legitimate > situation where unmounting /proc would be useful? > Yes. For instance, you might want to have an initial (RAM, for now) disk with a linuxrc program which needs /proc to figure out various sundry details.
In order to cleanly unmount the RAM disk, nothing may be mounted on top of it. Hence, umount /proc.
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