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From: Herbert Poetzl (herbert_at_13thfloor.at)
Date: Sat 12 Mar 2005 - 23:08:12 GMT


On Sat, Mar 12, 2005 at 10:34:53PM +0100, Gilles wrote:
> Hello.
>
> This mail to try and have a final word on one of the
> problems I encountered while building a Debian guest.
>
> Running "mount" within the guest outputs:
>
> /dev/hdv1 on / type ufs (defaults)
> none on /proc type proc (defaults)
> none on /tmp type tmpfs (size=16m,mode=1777)
> none on /dev/pts type devpts (gid=5,mode=620)

yep mount looks at /etc/mtab ...

> which is indeed the contents of "mtab":
>
> /dev/hdv1 / ufs defaults 0 0
> none /proc proc defaults 0 0
> none /tmp tmpfs size=16m,mode=1777 0 0
> none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0

yep looks good

> BUT where does that "/dev/hdv1" come from???

from the vserver tools

> Note: I didn't specify such an entry anywhere (it is
> not in "/etc/vservers/template/fstab"), I don't use
> ufs, it is not even compiled in the kernel:

we don't use it either, but it's a cheap way
to trick the quota tools into _not_ trying to
mess with the raw device (which would fail)

> $ grep UFS /boot/config-2.6.11-vs1.9.5-rc1+g1
> # CONFIG_UFS_FS is not set
>
> So I would assume that it is hardcoded somewhere...

yes, that's correct

> I guess that it isn't supposed to be so (?).

you're wrong here, it _is_ supposed to be so ;)

HTH,
Herbert

> Best regards,
> Gilles
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