Re: I want my old SCSI order back :-)
Rogier Wolff (R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl)
Tue, 14 Apr 1998 08:48:19 +0200 (MET DST)
Theodore Y. Ts'o wrote:
>
> Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 01:06:39 +0100 (BST)
> From: Riley Williams <rhw@bigfoot.com>
>
> I note that one of the parameters in the Superblock of ext2
> filesystems is the "Mount point", and was wondering what that was for,
> since it clearly isn't actually used to decide where to mount the
> disk. If there's going to be problems with SCSI disks about where to
> mount them, perhaps this field should be used for the purpose its name
> suggests...
>
> This field is supposed to be filled in by the kernel so that programs
> that manipulate the filesystem know where it was last mounted. It
> shouldn't be confused with "where the filesystem SHOULD be mounted",
> however.
An option on mount that uses this, ("Mount it just like last time"),
would be nice. That would allow you "no surprises" when upgrading
a kernel and a probe-order changes.
It would give you even bigger surprises after booting with a
rescue-disk.
Roger.
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