On Tue, 2007-11-20 at 21:16 -0600, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > Tim wrote: > > On Tue, 2007-11-20 at 19:00 -0500, Gene Poole wrote: > >> Here is the real fstab: > >> > <-----------------------[ SNIP ]-----------------> > > > > I wonder if it's an ordering issue? To mount something onto the tree > > at /usr/something, /usr/ has to be already mounted, beforehand. > > > > You have /usr/ quite a fair way down into the fstab file. I don't know > > whether it parses it sequentially, or goes through the whole thing > > before mounting what's listed in it, in the order necessary to do all > > the mounts. I thought it did parse it sequentially, and my mtab is in > > the same order as my fstab (mtab reflects what has been mounted). > > > > Try moving all the system mount points up above all your extra ones. > > > > Though, that doesn't account for your DATA volume group issues. > > > I can not find where it is specifically stated, but it is implied in > the -a and -F options that the /etc/fstab is processed from the top > down, and I can remember reading it somewhere. So if you try to > mount /usr/tomcat before /usr you are going to run into problems. > You will either have a problem of the mount point missing, or > running into problems of mounting a file system over the mount > point. I know you can hide an existing directory tree, but I have > never tested what happens if you are hiding mount points. (Does it > generate an error with mounting /usr, or does /usr/tomcat become > inaccessible?) > I would be amazed that you could mount /usr/tomcat before /usr in the fstab and then be able to see /usr/tomcat. I would also be interested if you can see /usr/tomcat when you boot. -- ======================================================================= I've found my niche. If you're wondering why I'm not there, there was this little hole in the bottom ... -- John Croll ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
