Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/mtab

[Grant]

>> I was just going over the Baselayout and OpenRC Migration Guide:
>>
>> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/openrc-migration.xml
>>
>> and I'm not sure how to make sure my /etc/mtab is set up according to
>> the instructions:
>>
>> "Previously, the initial rootfs entry was removed from /etc/mtab, and
>> only the real root / entry was present. The duplicate rootfs item was
>> actually added back during shutdown. In OpenRC, both entries must be
>> present for full support of initramfs and tmpfs-on-root. This also
>> means that less writing is required during shutdown."
>>
>> My systems have different /etc/mtab files but here is one:
>>
>> rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0
>> /dev/root / ext3 rw,noatime,errors=continue,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0
>> proc /proc proc rw,relatime 0 0
>> rc-svcdir /lib/rc/init.d tmpfs
>> rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,size=1024k,mode=755 0 0
>> sysfs /sys sysfs rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 0 0
>> udev /dev tmpfs rw,nosuid,relatime,size=10240k,mode=755 0 0
>> devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,gid=5,mode=620 0 0
>> shm /dev/shm tmpfs rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 0 0
>> usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs rw,noexec,nosuid,devmode=0664,devgid=85 0 0
>>
>> Should I change anything?
>
> I don't see a problem. The portion you quoted says exactly what mtab
> should contain, and your mtab does contain it.
>
> Your mtab looks correct to me. In what way do you believe that it is
> not?

I just didn't understand the part about mtab in the Baselayout and
OpenRC Migration Guide:

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/openrc-migration.xml

Thanks for checking it for me.

- Grant