From: Jim Winstead Jr. (jwinstea@fenris.claremont.edu)
Date: 11/15/92


From: jwinstea@fenris.claremont.edu (Jim Winstead Jr.)
Subject: Re: df can't find mountpoint for . when in root fs (Re: Root filesystem acting strangely)
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1992 21:08:57 GMT

In article <of1QLpO00WB_QLsVx2@andrew.cmu.edu> fl0p+@andrew.cmu.edu (Frank T Lofaro) writes:
> Sounds like the entry for / isn't in /etc/mtab like it should be.
>rdev > /etc/mtab is a good idea for your /etc/rc before the /etc/mount -a.
>I hope this helps.

A better idea is this: rm /etc/mtab in /etc/rc, and mount -a will
automatically add the entry for the root partition *if* it is
specified in your /etc/fstab. Works beautifully for me.

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