Re: Overmounting a filesystem

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William E. Roadcap (roadcapw@cfw.com)
Tue, 9 Apr 1996 11:04:26 -0400 (EDT)

On 9 Apr 1996, H. Peter Anvin wrote:

> Currently it seems Linux does not permit overmounting a filesystem
> (mounting a filesystem on top of another, on the same path).

Just tried it, and it works:

/dev/hda1 on / type ext2 (rw)
/dev/hda2 on /home type ext2 (rw)
/proc on /proc type proc (rw)
/dev/hda3 on /home/eddie type ext2 (rw)