Re: Overmounting a filesystem

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@zytor.com)
Tue, 9 Apr 1996 09:48:45 -0700 (PDT)

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> On 9 Apr 1996, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
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> > Currently it seems Linux does not permit overmounting a filesystem
> > (mounting a filesystem on top of another, on the same path).
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> Just tried it, and it works:
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> /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)
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Try mounting /dev/hda3 on /home, on top of /dev/hda2 instead. That's
what I'm talking about.

-hpa

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